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■CATALOGUE  OF  THE  EXHIBITS 


BEITISH   GUIANA 


W ITH  NO'L'ES 


J.  J.  QFKLCH,  B.  Sc,  (JA)ND.).  C.  M.  Z.  S. 

(U■^\  ATni?-rN-ClIARGE     BlUTISII    GuiA^sA    MUSEUM,  ANdSpECIAI 
("OMMISSTONKK    FOR    BRITISH    (rl  lANA    TO 

TiiH  Exposition. 


CHICAGO: 

RA-VI),     McNaLLT    &    (*"..     PlMNri'KS. 

1893. 


WORLD'S   COLUMBIAN"  EXPOSITION 
CHICAGO,   1893. 


CATALOGUE  OF  THE  EXHIBITS 


BEITISH   GUIANA 


WITH  NOTES. 


J.  J.  QUELCH,  B.  Sc,  (J.OND.),  C.  M.  Z.  S. 

curator-in-charge  british  guiana  museum,  and  special 
Commissioner  for  British  Guiana  to 
THE  Exposition. 


CHICAGO: 
Rakd,  McNally  &  Co.,  Printeks. 

1893. 


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PREFACE. 

This  publication  is  intended  to  be  merely  a  hand-list  of  the 
exhibits  of  British  Guiana,  in  the  various  parts  of  the  Exhibi- 
tion, classed  according  to  the  official  system.  By  the  prepara- 
tion and  publication,  under  its  own  superintendence,  of  a  special 
illustrated  Handlooh  of  British  Guiana  (Georgetown,  British 
Ouiana),  giving  detailed  information  as  to  the  general  descrip- 
tion, settlements,  inhabitants,  communication,  climate,  and 
meteorology,  forest  products,  geology,  gold  industry,  fauna, 
flora,  history,  and  resources  and  capabilities  of  the  Colony,  the 
Exposition  Committee  has  obviated  the  necessity  of  incorporat- 
ing here  anything  of  that  character,  and  the  reader  is  referred 
to  that  work  for  all  such  information.  The  few  notes  here 
^iven  are  simply  explanatory  of  the  exhibits.  A  large  propor- 
tion of  these  exhibits  is  official,  contributed  by  the  Exposition 
Committee  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  and  Commercial  Society  of 
British  Guiana,  intrusted  by  the  Government  with  the  carrying 
out  in  British  Guiana  of  the  arrangements  for  the  Exposition. 
Other  exhibits,  made  by  private  exhibitors,  are  so  denoted. 

J.  J.  QUELCH, 
Special  Commissioner. 


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SPECIAL  NOTE. 

British  Guiana  lies  on  the  extreme  northeastern  coast  of 
South  America,  between  one  and  nine  degrees  of  latitude.  As 
this  British  colony  in  South  America  is,  by  very  many  people, 
confounded  with  possessions  in  Africa  and  the  East  Indies 
{Guinea  and  New  Guinea),  it  is  perhaps  advisable  to  note  that 
the  name  Guiana  (pronounced  Gue-a-na)  is  broadly  applicable 
to  the  great  northeastern  extent  of  South  America. 

British  Guiana  adjoins  on  the  northwest  the  Eepublic  of 
A^enezuela  (Spanish  Guiana);  on  the  south,  the  Eepublic  of 
Erazil  (Portuguese  Guiana);  and  on  the  east,  Dutch  Guiana. 
In  size  it  is  about  equal  to  that  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland. 

On  account  of  its  tropical  climate  and  its  special  suitability 
for  agricultural  purposes,  British  Guiana  offers  peculiar  advan- 
tages for  many  industries.  The  sugar-cane  —  the  chief  staple 
plant  of  the  Colony  —  coffee,  cocoa,  etc.,  grow  with  astonishing 
vigor;  rice  and  corn  tlirive  with  equal  luxuriance,  three,  and  at 
times  four,  crops  being  obtainable  per  year;  and  the  common 
vegetables,  such  as  sweet  potatoes,  eddoes,  tomatoes,  yams, 
cassava,  pumpkins,  melons,  cucumbers,  peppers,  egg-plants,  etc., 
and  such  fruits  as  bananas,  plantains,  cocoanuts,  and  pineapples, 
are  producible  at  all  times  of  the  year. 

The  fiber  and  tobacco  industries  and  stock-raising  offer  also 
favorable  fields;  while  great  primeval  forests  of  hardwood  and 
brilliantly  tinted  furniture  wood  await  development.  Gold- 
mining  has  developed,  and  become,  within  the  last  nine  years, 
the  second  industry  of  the  Colony. 


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Catalogue  of  the  Exhibits  of 
British  Guiana. 


DEPARTMENT  A.— AGRICULTURE. 

Food  and  its  Accessories,  Oils,  etc. 

GROUP   1. 

Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

1.   Indian  Corn,  or  Maize. 

2  a.    Rice,  two  varieties .John  Cheong 

b.   Pease,  two  varieties _ John  Cheong 

3.  Rice,  five  varieties,  in  hull. S.  R.  Cochran 

4.  Rice,  eight  varieties,  in  hull  and  cleaned A.  R.  Gilzean 

5.  Rice,  eight  varieties,  in  hull  and  in  straw .B.  H.  Jones 

GROUP   2. 

6.  Cassava  Bread.     This  bread,  prepared  from  the  mandioc 

root,  forms  the  "  staff  of  life  "  of  the  native  Indians. 

7  a.   Cassava  Starch. 

b.  Dakamabally  Starch,  said  to  be  curative  of  dysentery, 

prepared  from  the  seed  of  Vouacapoua  americana. 

c.  Greenheart  Starch,  from  seed  of  Nectandra  rodim. 

8  a.   Dakamabally  Starch E.  W.  Kerr 

b.   Tchribi  —  prepared  cassava  meal,  seasoned. .E.  W.  Kerr 

GROUP  3. 

The  sugar  industry,  from  the  earliest  times  up  to  the  present,  has  been 
the  mainstay  of  the  Colony,  sugar,  with  its  allied  products  of  rum  and 
molasses,  forming  the  chief  ..export.  The  Demerara  crystals  are  standards 
in  all  markets,  and  with  the  exception  of  a  few  minor  estates  the  factories 
are  fitted  with  the  latest  and  most  scientific  appliances  for  the  reduction  of 
the  cost  and  the  production  of  the  highest  and  best  grades.  Samples  are 
shown  as  well  of  the  Muscovado  sugar,  made  by  the  old  copper-wall  pro- 
cess, as  of  the  V.  P.  (vacuum-pan)  cane  sugars,  such  as  the  white  crystals,. 
the  yellow  crystals,   the  refining  crystals,   molasses  sugar  from  yellow 

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crystals,  and  molasses  sugar  from  refiDing  crystals.  The  greater  part  of 
the  sugar  trade  is  carried  on  with  the  United  States,  into  whose  market  the 
dark  sugar,  known  as  "refining  crystals,"  enters  free  of  duty  under  reci- 
procity arrangements.    This  sugar  is  a  specialty  for  this  market. 

Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

9  a.   V.  p.  Cane  Sugar,  white  crystals. _ Booker  Bros. 

b.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Booker  Bros. 

c.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Booker  Bros. 

d.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  first  molasses  sugar Booker  Bros. 

e.  y.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  second  molasses  sugar. Booker  Bros. 

10  a.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Colonial  Company 

b.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals _  .Colonial  Company 

c.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugir,  first  molasses  sugar Colonial  Company 

d.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  second  molasses  sugar Colonial  Company 

11.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals B.  H.  Jones 

12.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Jones  &  Culpepper 

13.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Plantation  Anna  Regina 

14.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Plantation  Canefield 

15  a.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Plantation  Hampton  Court 

b.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  first  molasses  sugar.. .Plantation  Hampton  Court 

16,   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Plantation  Maryville 

17  a.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Plantation  Perseverance 

b.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  white  crystals Plantation  Perseverance 

18.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Plantation  Port  Mourant. 

19.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Plantation  Schoon  Ord 

SO  a.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  white  crystals Plantation  Skeldon 

b.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  j'^ellow  crystals Plantation  Skeldon 

c.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crysta's... Plantation  Skeldon 

d.  Y.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  first  molasses  sugar... Plantation  Skeldon 

e.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  second  mo'asses  sugar Plantation  Skeldon 

21  a.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  white  crystals. .Plantation  Tuschen  de  Vrienden 

b.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals.. Plantation  Tuschen  de  Vrienden 

c.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refiniug  crystals. Plantation  Tuschen  de  Vrienden 

d.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  first  molasses  sugar, 

Plantation  Tuschen  de  Vrienden 

e.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  second  molasses  sugar. 

Plantation  Tuschen  de  Vrienden 

22  a.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  white  crystals _.  Plantation  Uitvlugt 

b.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Plantation  Uitvlugt 

c.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Plantation  Uitvlugt 

d.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  first  molasses  sugar Plantation  Uitvlugt 

e.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  second  molasses  sugar .Plantation  Uitvlugt 

23.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  yellow  crystals Plantation  Vryheid's  Lust 

24.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Plantation  Cane  Grove 

25.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Plantation  Hope 

26.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Plantation  Houston 


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Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

^7.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals...  Plantation  La  bonne  Intention 

^8.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Plantation  La  bonne  Mere 

29.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Plantation  La  Jalousie 

SO.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals ..Plantation  Mara 

31.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Plantntion  Melville 

-33.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Plantation  Met-eu-Meer-Zorg 

-33.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crysl  als Plantation  Ogle 

34.   V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Plantation  Rose  Hall 

55.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  refining  crystals Plantation  Versailles 

56.  V.  P.  Cane  Sugar,  second  molasses  sugar...  Plant  at  ion  Windsor  Forest 

37.  Muscovado  Sugar Plantation  Locliaber 

38.  Muscovado  Sugar.. Plantation  Nismes 

39.  Mola=ses,  from  refining  crystals Plantation  Anna  Regina 

40.  Molasses,  from  yellow  crystals Plantation  Better  Hope 

41.  Molasses,  from  yellow  crystals Plantation  Port  Mourant 

42.  Molasses,  from  refining  crystals... Plantation  Rose  IJall 

43  a.  Molasses,  from  refining  crystals Plantation  Skeldon 

b.  Molasses,  from  yellow  crystals Plantation  Skeldon 

44  a.  Molasses,  from  yellow' crystals Plantation  Tuschen  de  Vrienden 

b.  Molasses,  from  refining  crystals PLintation  Tuschen  de  Vrienden 

45  a.  Molasses,  from  refining  crystals Plantation  Uitvlugt 

b.  Molasses,  fiom  yellow  crystals Plantation  Uitvlugt 

46.  Molasses,  fr^m  refining  crystals Colonial  Company 

GROUP    8. 

47.  Tobacco  (Native  Indian) British  Guiana  Museum 

48.  Cocoa  Beans Thomas  Garnett 

49.  Prepared  Chocolate,  in  slabs  and  sticks Gaskin  &  Co. 

50.  Prepared  Cocoa,  powder  in  tins Gask  in  &  Co. 

51.  Dried  Capsicums .J.  Rodway 

52.  Prepared  Chocolate,  in  sticks Mrs.  F.  M.  Scott 

53.  Coffee  (Liberian  variety) Plantation  Versailles 

GROUP    9.— Fibers. 

The  Fibers  exhibited  are  deserving  of  special  attention.  The  resources 
of  the  Colony  for  such  an  industry  are  almost  limitless,  but  up  to  the  pres- 
ent they  have  been  almost  entirely  unutilized.  Cotton,  which  in  the  days  of 
slavery  formed  one  of  the  chief  exports,  is  now  only  grown  by  the  native 
people  for  hammock-making.  The  fine  Bast  Fibers,  such  as  Kakaralli, 
Wadara,  Wadaduri,  and  Mahoe,  are  obtainable  in  large  quantities,  while 
the  Plantain  Fiber  (specially  adapted  for  paper-making),  the  Silk-grass  and 
Agave  Fibers,  of  the  type  of.  the  "sisal,"  and  the  common  Palm  Fiber 
known  as  Tibiseri  could  be  produced  in  enormous  quantities,  at  but  small 
cost. 


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Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

54.  Cotton,  with  seed. 

55.  Silk-grass,  from  species  of  Agave,  largely  used  for  cordage. 

56.  Agave,  from  species  of  Agave. 

57.  Pingwing,  from  species  of  Bromeliaceae. 

58.  Plantain,  from  species  of  Musa. 

59.  Tibiseri,  or  Palm  Fiber,  prepared  from  the  young  leaves  of  Mauritia 

Jlexuosa,  and  largely  used  by  the  native  people  for  cordage  and  ham- 
mock-making. 

60.  Wild  Ochro,  from  species  of  Malvacem. 

61.  Mahoe,  from  Thespesia  populnea. 
63.   Bamboo,  from  Bainbusa. 

63.  Kakaralli,  from  Lecythis  grandijlora. 

64.  Wadaduri,  or  Monkey-pot,  from  Lecythis  ollaria. 

65.  Wadara,  from  Couratari  guianensis. 

66.  Wina. 

67.  Sisal prepared  by  John  Junor 

68.  Bast  Fiber,  with  stem,  of  Malachra  capitata^  prepared  by  John  Junor 

69.  Bast  Fiber,  with  stem,  of  Urena  lobata prepared  by  John  Junor 

70.  Bast  Fiber,  with  stem,  of  Hibiscus  sa6rf<xny«.. prepared  by  John  Junor 

GROUP   11. 

71  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored. 

Colonial  Company  (Plantations  Peters  Hall,  and  Success) 

72  a  and  b.   Rum,  colored  and  old Plantation  Anna  Regina 

73  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Cave  Grove 

74  a  and  b.    Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Hope 

75  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Houston 

76  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  La  Bonne  Intention 

77  a  and  b    Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  La  Bonne  Mere 

78  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  La  Jalousie 

79  a  and  b    Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Mary  ville 

80  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Melville 

81.   Rum,  white Plantation Nismes 

82  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Ogle 

83  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Port  Mourant 

84  a  and  b.    Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Rose  Hall 

85  a  and  b.    Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Schoon-Ord 

86  a  and  b.    Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Skeldon 

87  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Tuschen  de  Vrienden 

88  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation   Uitvlugt 

89  a  and  b.   Rum,  white  and  colored Plantation  Versailles^ 

90.  Rum,  white Plantation  Wales 

91.  01dRum.__  J.  G.  Jardine 

92.  Liqueur  (Cura9oa) Plantation  La  Jalousie 

93.  Bitters  (aromatic) _ Coronel  &  Matthews 

94.  Bitters  (aromatic) .Max  &  Co. 


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GROUP  18. 

Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

95.  Crab  Oil,  prepared  from  the  nuts  of  Ca/rapa  guianensis 

and  largely  used  for  the  hair,  and  for  skin  and  para- 
sitic diseases, 

96.  Kokerite  Oil,  from  the  palm  {Maximiliana  regia). 

97.  Cassareep,  the  inspissated  juice  of  I  he  bitter  cassava,  or 

mandioc,  largely  used  in  the  preparation  of  sauces 
and  in  cookery.  Cassareep  iS  the  antiseptic  basis  of 
"pepper  pot." 

98.  Ballata  Milk,  from  Mimusops  hallata.    This  milk,  when 

exposed,  congeals  into  the  "Ballata"  of  commerce. 

99.  Crab  Oil Jacob  Conrad 

100.  Crab  Oil.. .E.  W.  Kerr 

101.  Cassareep E.  W.  Kerr 

103.   Balsam  Copaiba,  from  species  of  Copaifera Max  &  Co. 

103.  Balsam  Copaiba .Scott  &  Co. 

104.  Crab  Oil Scott  &  Co. 

105.  CocoanutOil Scott  &  Co. 

106.  Cassareep Scott  &  Co. 


DEPARTMENT  B.— HORTICULTURE. 

Fruits,  Preserves,  Etc. 

GROUP  21. 

107.  Cocoanuts. 

108.  Souaii  Nuts  {Caryocar  tomentomm). 

109.  Preserved  Sorrel,  in  syrup. 

110.  Preserved  Guavas,  in  syrup  and  in  jelly. 

111.  Preserved  Tamarinds,  in  syrup. 

112.  Preserved  Papaws  and  Limes,  in  syrup. 

113.  Preserved  Pineapples,  in  syrup. 

114.  Pineapple  Jam. 

115.  Guava  Jam. 

116  a.   Guava  Jelly,  made  with  refined  sugar. 

b.   Guava  Jelly,  made  with  raw  sugar  (Demerara  cane 
crystals). 

117.  Preserved  Seville  Oranges. 

118.  Models  of  Fruits,  in  wax British  Guiana  Museum 

119.  Cherry  Syrup .-. L.  F.  Valladares 


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Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

120.   LemoQ  Syrup L.  F.  Valladares 

131.   Preserved  Guavas,  in  salt  and  water .Mrs.  Waby 

GROUP  23. 

133  a.    Mixed  Pickles  —  peppers,  beans,  papaws,  cucumbers, 
palm  cabbage,  etc.,  in  brown  vinegar, 
b.    Mixed  Pickles,  in  white  vinegar. 

133.  Picked  Samphire ..H.J.  Gladwin 

134.  Picked  Limes Miss  Playter 

135.  Mango  Chutnee .E.  Leila 

126.    Curry  Powder. E.  Leila 

137.  Beef-steak  Sauce ..E.W.  Kerr 

138.  Universal  Relish ...L.  F.  Valladares 


DEPARTMENTS  C  AND  D.— LIVE  STOCK, 
FISHERIES,   ETC. 

GROUPS  34,  35,  36,  37  and  40. 

139.   Mounted  Mammals,  more  than  fifty  species.. British  Guiana  Museum 

130.  Stuffed  Birds,  Birds'  Egirs,  and  Nests,  about  200  species. 

131.  Stuffed    Birds,   Birds'    Eggs,   and    Nests,    about    100 

species British  Guiana  Museum 

132.  Stuffed  Birds Dr.  C.  G.  Young 

133.  Mounted  Reptiles  and  Fishes. 

134.  Mounted  Reptiles,  Fishes,  and  Frogs ...British  Guiana  Museum 

135.  Miscellaneous  Collection  of  Insects. 

136.  Miscellaneous  Collection  of  Insects,  Shells,  etc.,  British  Guiana  Museum 

137.  Isinglass  or  Fish  Glue  —  swim-bladder  of  the  gilbacker. 


DEPARTMENT  E.— MINES  AND  MINING. 

The  gold  mining  industry  of  British  Guiana  is  deserving  of  more  than 
passing  notice,  as  will  be  seen  by  an  examination  of  the  returns  for  the 
nine  years  during  which  the  industry  has  been  prosecuted,  graphic  repre- 
sentations of  which  are  exhibited  in  the  series  of  gilt  pyramids  showing 


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Ihe  exact  bulk  of  gold  exported  in  each  of  the  years  1884-1892,  inclusive. 
In  1884,  250  ounces  were  exported;  in  1885,  939  oz.;  in  1886,  6,518  oz.; 
in  1887,  11,908  oz.;  in  1888,  14,570  oz.;  in  1889,  28,282  oz.;  in  1890,  62,615 
oz.;  in  1891,  101,297  oz. ;  while  in  1892  the  total  had  reached  just 
upon  130,000  ounces.  Samples  are  shown  (1)  of  the  various  kinds  of 
]>lacer  auriferous  earths  which  have  been  or  are  being  worked,  with  illus- 
trative sections  of  the  strata;  (2)  of  the  fine  and  coarse  nuggets  of  placer 
gold;  (3)  of  the  vein  quartz  gold  ore,  of  which  many  veins  of  great  rich- 
ness have  been  discovered  and  are  just  being  developed;  and  (4)  of  the 
chief  forms  of  the  prevailing  country  rocks.  Iron  ore  exists  in  enormous 
quantities  in  certain  parts  of  the  country,  while  diamonds  of  good  water, 
sapphires,  garnets,  jaspers,  mercury,  silver,  platinum,  and  antimony,  have 
been  also  obtained.  Very  fine  clays,  suited  lor  the  best  kinds  of  pottery 
and  porcelain,  exist  in  extensive  belts,  and  are  widely  distributed. 

GROUP  42. 

Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

188.   Miscellaneous  Gold  Ores. 

a.  Series  of  Placer  Earths. 

b.  Placer  Gold,  fine  and  coarse. 

c.  Gold  Quartz,  vein  ore,  bed  quartz,  and  floating  quartz. 

d.  Sections  of  Gold-bearing  Strata. 

139.  White  Sapphires. 

140.  Diamonds. 

141.  Diamondiferous  Sands,  Clays,  and  Gravel. 

142.  Miscellaneous  Minerals  —  Country  Rocks British  Guiana  Museum 

a.  Quartz,  showing  garnet. 

b.  Amethystine  Quartz. 

c.  Rock  Crystal. 

d.  Porphyritic,  fine,  coarse,  and  vesicular  Diorite. 

e.  Felstone. 

f.  Quartz-porphyry. 

g.  Granite, 
h.   Gneiss. 

i.   Jasper, 
j.   Catlinite. 
k.    Iron  Ores. 

143.  Placer  Gold  Ore  and  Pay  Dirt Barnard  Syndicate 

144.  Gold  Nuggets,  very  large  series M.  Correiro 

145.  Auriferous  Quartz J.  P.  Farnum 

146.  Auriferous  Quartz Lashley  &  D'Amil 

147.  Auriferous  Quartz _ J.  Rodway 

GROUPS  44,  46,  59,  67. 

148.  Economic  Minerals British  Guiana  Museum 

a.   Graphite,  crude. 


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Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

b.  Molding  Sands,  White  and  Pink  Clays,  Yellow  Ochre. 

c.  Sandstone,  Mica  Schist,  Talc,  and  Chlorite  Schist. 
149.   Fine  White  Clay. 

150  a.  Potters'  Clay... Alexander  Shanks 

b.   Fine  White  Clay Alexander  Shanks 

151.   Battels  of  Wood,  used  in  prospecting  for  gold. 

153.   Models  from  1884-1892  illustrating  the  development  of  gold  mining. 

153.  Road  Material _ L.  M.  Hill 

a.  White  Sand. 

b.  Dark  Sand. 

c.  Burnt  Earth  —  ferruginous  clay. 

d.  Granites  of  three  varieties. 

154.  Porphyritic  Greenstone,   on  which  the   "Timehri,"  or 

rock- writings,  are  commonly  inscribed. 


DEPARTMENT  G.  — TRANSPORT ATIOIST. 

155.  Bateau,  as  made  for  use  in  the  gold  industry. 

156.  Indian  Boats. 

a.  "Dug-outs,"  made  by  burning  and  hollowing  out 
the  trunks  of  trees. 

b.  "  Woodskins,"  made  from  the  barks  of  certain  trees. 


DEPARTMENT  H.— MANUFACTURES. 

GROUP  87. 

157.  Essence  of  Tonka  Beans  {Dipteryx  odorata) Max  &  Co. 

158.  Essence  of  Vanilla .Max  «&  Co. 

GROUP  91. 

159.  Pottery  from  the  Vriede-en-rust  Pottery  Works Afex.  Shanks 

GROUP  98. 

160  a.   Silver  Bracelets.— Chinese, 
b.   Silver  Bangles.— Hindoo. 


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Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

c.    Silver  Earrings. — Hindoo. 

161.  Gold  Nose-ornaments.— Hindoo. 

GROUP  101. 

162.  Cocoanut  Fiber  Mats,  made  by  convicts Prisons'  Department 

GROUP  104. 

163.  Hindoo  Costumes. 

164.  Chinese  Costume. 

165.  Convict  Caps,  made  by  convicts Prisons'  Department 

a.  Cotton  Caps. 

b.  Oakum  Caps. 

GROUP    105. 

166.  Fur  Skins  of  the  fox,  otter,  jaguar,  sloths,  and  howling 

monkey .British  Guiana  Museum 

GROUP    106. 

167.  Artificial  Flowers, 

a.  Of  fish-scales,  in  bouquets,  baskets,  and  wieaths. 

b.  Of  yucca  fiber. 

c.  Of  shells,  in  bouquet  and  basket. 

d.  Of  dyed  feathers,  in  bouquets  and  wreaths. 

168.  Fans. 

a.  Of  natural  feathers. 

b.  Of  yucca  fiber — Sansiveria. 

c.  Of  looffah  fiber — Momordica. 

d.  Of  palm-leaf  and  looffah. 

e.  Of  corn-husk. 

169.  Portrait  Frames. 

a.  Of  shells. 

b.  Of  yucca  fiber. 

c.  Of  fish-scales  and  pt^arls. 

170.  Wall-pockets. 

a.  Of  natural  feathers. 

b.  Of  palm-leaf  and  looffah  fiber. 

c.  Of  palm-leaf  and  looffab  fiber,  with  grass  bouquet. 

171.  Art  Needlework  and  Fancy  Work Portuguese  Lady  Colonists 

a.  Infants'  Christening- robe. 

b.  Infants'  Night  dresses. 

c.  Infants'  Shirts. 

173.   Laces. _ _ Portuguese  Lady  Colonists 

a.  Ladies'  Collars  and  Cuffs. 

b.  Ladies'  Handkerchiefs. 

c.  Mats. 


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Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

173.  Embroidery Portuguese  Lady  Colonists 

a.  Ladies'  Dress  Fronts, 

b.  Ladies'  Collars, 

c.  Ladies'  Handkerchiefs. 

GROUP  110. 

174.  Grass  Hat, 

175.  Looffali  Flesh-rubbers,  Fiber  Bundles,  and  Fruit. 

176.  Mat  made  of  seeds  of  Mimosa. 

177.  Necklaces  made  of  seeds  of  Mimosa. 

178.  Bracelets  made  of  seeds  of  Mimosa. 

179.  Satchel  made  of  "  Job's  tears" —  Goix  lachryma. 

180.  Necklaces  and  strings  of  "Job's  tears," 

181.  Decorated  and  Embroidered  Eggs, 

182.  Basket  of  Decorated  Eggs Mrs,  R.  M.  Clegg 

183.  Bouquet  of  Seeds,  Mosses,  etc. . Mrs.  R.  M.  Clegg 

184.  Fancy  Rice- work Mrs.  R.  M.  Clegg 

GROUP  111. 

185.  Samples  of  Leather,  three  varieties M,  G,  de  Freitas 


DEPARTMENT  J.—  FINE  ARTS. 

186.  Oil  Painting — "  The  Port  of  Georgetown,"  painted  and 

exhibited  by Capt.  Montague  Jone& 

187.  Oil  Painting—"  The  Fight  of  the  Peacock  and  the  Hornet," 

Capt.  Montague  Jones- 

188.  Water  Color  —  Illustrations  of  the  Physical  Aspects  of 

British  Guiana,  by  Sawkins... British  Guiana  Museum 

189.  Water  Color —  Paintings  of  Guiana  Caterpillars,  by  Mrs.  Fred  White 

190.  Colored  Prints  from  Schomburgk's  "  Views  of  Guiana." 


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DEPAKTMENT  L.— LIBERAL  ARTS. 

GROUP  160. 

Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

191.  Handbook  of  British  Guiana. 

192.  Newspapers  of  British  Guiana. 

a.  Argosy. 

b.  Daily  Chronicle. 

c.  Daily  Liberal. 

d.  Berbice  Gazette. 

e.  The  Echo. 

f.  The  Gold-Mining  Gazette. 

g.  Church  and  Colony, 
h.   Official  Gazette. 

193.  The  Laws  and  Ordinances  of  British  Guiana The  Government 

194.  Administration  and  Special  Reports The  Government 

195.  Bluebooks  of  British  Guiana The  Government 

196.  Map  of  British  Guiana The  Government 

197.  Plan  of  the  City  of  Georgetown. 

198.  Directory  of  British  Guiana C.  K.  Jardine- 

199.  Government  Bluebooks... C.  K.  Jardine- 

200.  Police  Manual Inspector  Francis- 

201 .  Overseer's  Manual James  Thomson 

202.  History  of  British  Guiana James  Rod  way 

203.  "Timehri" — Scientific  journal  of  Guiana, 

Royal  Agricultural  and  Commercial  Society 

GROUP   151. 

204.  Photographs  of  Guiana  scenery Mrs.  G.  S.  Jenmant 

205.  Photographs  of  the  people,  habitations,  industries,  and 

physical  features  of  Guiana Julio  Siza 

206.  Photographs  of  the  physical  features  of  the  gold-mining 

districts W.  H.  Stevens 

207.  Photographs  of  a  wood-cutting  grant A.  P.  Bugle 

208.  Photographs  of  the  native  Indians A.  B.  Barnard 

209.  Photographs  of  the  native  Indians E.  R.  Anson 

GROUP   163. 

210.  Set  of  Recent  Guiana  Stamps Post  Office  Department. 

GROUP    154. 

211.  Old  Coinage  of  Guiana British  Guiana  Museuin. 

a.  Copper  Stivers. 

b.  M,  M,  3^.  1.  2,  and  3  guilder  pieces  of  1809, 1816, 1832, 1835,  1836w 
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DEPARTMENT  M.— ETHNOLOGY. 

The  collection  of  ethnological  specimens  illustrates  in  a  fairly  complete 
manner  the  life  of  the  native  Indians  or  aborigines  of  Guiana.  These 
people  are  divisible  into  various  tribes,  of  whom  the  Arrawaks,  Accawois, 
Warraus,  Caribisis,  Wapisianas,  Arrecunas,  and  Macusis  are  the  chief. 
The  four  former  are  coast  or  forest  Indians,  and  their  houses  are  built  with 
open  sides,  while  the  three  last  are  savannah  or  prairie  dwellers,  and  build 
conical-roofed  houses  with  inclosed  sides.  In  their  manufacture  of  pottery, 
basket-work,  hammocks,  and  boats,  they  display  a  considerable  amount  of 
skill  and  ingenuity,  and  their  work  is  often  marked  with  great  delicacy 
and  taste.  The  articles  exhibited  belong,  jointly,  to  the  British  Guiana 
Museum  and  the  Exhibition  Committee  of  British  Guiana. 

GROUP  160.— CLASS  943. 

212.  Hammocks  of  various  kinds,  plain  and  ornamented. 

213.  Models  of  Tibiseri  hammocks. 

214.  Hammock  ropes. 

315.  Benches  of  solid  wood,  plain  and  ornamented. 

216.  Benches  of  the  cut  shell  of  the  land  tortoise. 

217.  Brooms  of  Macusi  and  Accawoi  tribes. 

218.  Fire-fans. 

219.  Fire-sticks,  used  in  procuring  fire. 

220.  Tinder-box,  of  felstone,  steel,  and  cotton,  used  in  procuring  fire. 

221.  Baking-slab,  of  baked  clay. 

CLASS  944. 

222.  Rolled  tobacco-leaves. 

223.  Cigarette  paper,  made  of  the  fiber  of  the  Kakeralli. 

CLASS  945. 

224.  Models  of  Indian  canoes  —  or  "dug-out"  —  of  solid  wood,  and  wood 

skins  and  paddles. 
216.   Paddles,  of  various  kinds. 

CLASS  946. 

"226.  Queyus,  or  bead  aprons,  worn  by  the  women  ;  on  frame,  showing 
manufacture;  made  of  woven  cotton,  as  formerly  used ;  made  of 
bark,  as  formerly  worn. 

.227.  Sandals,  used  on  the  savannah  lands,  made  from  the  Eta  palm  and 
tapir  skin. 

'.228.   Anklets,  or  leg-bands,  made  of  cotton,  worn  by  the  women. 


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"229.   Waistbelts,  made  of  cotton,  of  monkey's  hair,  and  of  cotton  with 

pendants. 
■230.   Yadihees,  or  Carib  fringes. 
231.  Armlets,  with  shell  pieces  and  fringes. 
^32.   Silver  nose  pendants,  or  platta  ;  tin  nose-pendant;  bamboo  pieces, 

worn  in  the  ear;  fungoid  rods,  from  stem,  worn  in  the  ear. 

233.  Arnatto,  or  red  dye,  used  in  staining  the  face  and  body. 

234.  Dye-pots,  made  of  bamboo  and  calabash. 

235.  Yellow  ochre,  used  as  a  yellow  dye. 

236.  White  clay,  used  as  a  white  dye. 

237.  Down-feathers,  used  to  stick  on  the  face  with  dyes, 

238.  Nose-strings,  to  be  passed  from  the  nose  to  mouth,  by  young  hunts- 

men. 
^39.   Dried  caterpillars,  used  as  a  snuff  when  crushed. 
240.   Head-dresses,  of  vertical  feathers,  of  various  sizes;  head-dresses  of 

horizontal  feathers,  of  various  sizes. 
541.   Arm  and  shoulder  girdles,  of  the  tail  feathers  of  the  macaw  (aza);  of 

the  feathers  of  the  powis  (crax). 
243.   Frame  on  which  the  feathers  of  the  head-dresses  are  arranged. 

243.  Necklaces,  of  peccaries'  teeth. 

244.  Necklaces,  of  accourie  teeth;  of  jaguar  teeth;  of  waterhaas  teeth;  of 

mixed  teeth;  of  seeds,  and  of  beads. 
545.    Shak-shak,  or  rattle,  of  beetles'  wings,  generally  worn  on  necklaces. 
246.   Tattoo  implement,  a  serrated  fish-spine. 

547.  Mucro  hat,  as  made  by  Wapisiana  Indians. 

GROUP  161. 

548.  War  clubs,  square  top;  flat  bladed;  and  special  club  with  stone  adze 

fitted,  exhibited  by  D.  A.  Worsley,  Esq. 

549.  Blowpipes,  used  for  discharging  small  poisoned  arrows. 

550.  Quivers,  with  arrows  and  fittings. 

251.   Bows,  large  and  small,  of  many  woods,  chiefly  "  Washiba." 
553.   File,  of  the  palate  bone  of  a  fish,  used  in  smoothing  the  bows. 

553.  Arrows,  used  for  killing  birds,  with  wooden  points,  chiefly  bamboo; 

arrows  for  stunning  birds,  with  blunt  head  or  crossed  pieces;  for 
shooting  fish,  metal  heads;  for  large  game,  metal  spear  head;  for 
turtles,  with  separable  metal  head;  arrows  poisoned,  for  game,  with 
bamboo  point  and  cap. 

554.  Arrow  heads. 

255.  Arrow  stems,  or  reeds  of  the  wild^  cane  {Gynei^ium  SaccJiaroides),  used 

in  making  arrows. 

256.  Karamanni  wax,  used  as  pitch  or  glue. 

557.   Ourali  poison,  in  calabashes,  as  prepared  by  the  Macusis. 
258.    Fish  traps,  made  of  bark. 

559.  Fish  net,  used  by  hand. 

560.  Hunting  bags,  of  skins  of  various  kinds,  and  of  basket  work. 

561.  Powder  flasks,  of  gourd. 


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GROUP  162,  — CLASSES  947  AND  948. 

262.  Cap  box,  of  palm  seed,  carved. 

263.  Pottery  jars,  of  different  sizes  and  shapes. 

264.  Water  jugs  or  goblets. 

265.  Cooking  pots,  or  "  buck  pots." 

266.  Food  basins,  or  sapuras,  of  pottery. 

267.  Large  gourds,  for  storage  of  water  and  olher  drinks. 

268.  Gourd  dishes,  for  food,  and  cups  for  children. 

269.  Gourd  dishes,  used  by  "  peaiman  "  or  medicine  man. 

270.  Gourd  pitcher,  covered  with  basket  work. 

271.  Small  "  Casiri "  paddles,  used  in  stirring  the  drink  Casiri. 

272.  Surianas,  or  baskets,  used  in  carrying  loads,  suspended  by  a  band 

from  the  forehead. 

273.  Quakes,  or  common  basket  carriers. 

274.  Mattapees,  of  various  sizes,  used  in  squeezing  the  grated  cassava. 

275.  Wooden  grater,  studded  with  pieces  of  stone,  for  grating  cassava. 

276.  Cassava  sifters. 

277.  Farina  sifters. 

278.  Cassava  baskets. 

279.  Pegalls,  or  trunk  baskets,  of  several  pieces  fitting  into  each  other. 

280.  Double  Pegall,  made  by  half-breeds  on  Brazilian  frontier. 

281.  Flat  cassava  mats. 

282.  Mats  for  confining  stinging  ants,  for  disciplining  children. 

283.  Sets  of  letter  bags,  made  for  trade. 

284.  Basket-work  rattle. 

285.  Set  of  ordinary  baskets. 

286.  Paiworri  corial,  or  hollowed  trunk,  in  which  to  make  drinks  for  feasts* 

287.  Bark  trough,  or  "  addisa,"  into  which  the  cassava  is  grated. 

288.  Cassava  prcssers. 

289.  Cokerite  carrier,  or  tray. 

290.  Eta  palm  baskets. 

291.  Sugar-cane  crushers,  with  pole.    (Macusi  and  Accawoi  tribes.) 

292.  Corn  mortar  and  pestle. 

GROUP  168.— CLASS  949. 

293.  Hammock  frame,  and  hammock  spindles  used  as  needles  in  hammock 

making. 

294.  Rolled  cotton  thread. 

295.  Cotton  fiber. 

296.  Spindles,  used  for  rolling  cotton  thread. 

297.  Eta,  or  Tibiseri,  string. 

298.  Eta  fiber,  used  in  making  "grass"  hammocks. 

299.  Eta  palm  leaves. 

300.  Karata  fiber  and  string. 

301.  Krowa  ropes,  made  from  Krowa  plant  (Agave). 

302.  Krowa  leaves  and  fiber,  used  largely  in  making  fish-lines. 


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GROUP    163. 

303.  Wrestling  shields  (Warrau  Indians),  used  in  games  and  in  trial  by 

combat. 

304.  Dancing  sticks,  ns  used  by  Macusi  Indians,  of  trumpet  wood,  sur- 

mounted by  roughly  carved   designs  of  birds  and  animals,  with 
feathers  and  libers. 
805.   Dancing  sticks,  with  rattles,  or  "shak-shaks,"  of  good  luck  seeds 
{Thevetia). 

306.  Rattles,  or  shak-shaks,  of  "good-luck"  seeds. 

307.  Trumpets,  of  trumpet  wood,  also  made  of  pottery. 

308.  Head-dress  of  Eta  palm  leaves,  neck-piece  and  waist-piece,  used  in  the 

Parasheera  dance. 

309.  Bamboo  and  bone  flutes. 

310.  a.  Drum  and  sticks. 

b.  Macquari  whips. 

c.  Tibiseri  whip. 

d.  Pan  pipes. 

e.  Rubber  balls. 

f.  Imitation  fiddle. 

g.  Puzzles. 

h.  ^olian  harp,  made  from  the  leaf  stalk  of  the  Eta  palm. 

i.    Spinning  tops,  made  of  palm  seed  and  of  double  seeds  of  Sapota. 

GROUP    164. 

311.  Peaiman's  rattle,  used  in  the  treatment  of  sick  or  possessed  persons, 

of  calabash,  with  inclosed  rattling  pieces,  with   long  pendant  of 
parrot  feathers  and  beetle  wings  and  shak-shaks. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

312.  Wedges  of  various  kinds. 

313.  Ordinary  adzes. 

314.  Large  adze,  with  slightly  grooved  heads. 

315.  Mixed  collection,  including  pottery,  ochreous  matter,  human  bones, 

fi-h  bones,  shells,  stone  implements,  taken  from  the  kitchen  midden 
or  shell-mound  at  Cabacaboori. 

316.  Broad  wedge-shaped  implement,  with  deeply  grooved  head. 

317.  Large    and    narrow  wedge-shaped    Celt,  with  grooved  broad-head. 

(Exhibited  by  D.  A.  Worsley.) 

318.  Axes  and  Adzes  in  large  variety. 

819.   Variously  shaped  Adzes,  showing  stages  fiom  the  thick  to  the  thin- 
pointed  head. 

320.  Stone  Pestles. 

321.  Grinding  Stones,  for  dyes. 

322.  Jasper  Pebbles,  used  in  smoothing  pottery. 


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333.   Arrow  Heads,  stone. 

324.  Carved  Quartz  Pebble,  to  represent  a  dog  sitting,  with  holes  for  string* 

by  which  it  may  be  drawn  along  the  ground. 

325.  Pottery,  representing  the  human  face.     Very  rare,  and  but  one  of  five 

known. 

326.  Indian  Boats  and  War  Canoe,  dug  out  of  wood  or  made  of  bark. 

327.  Collection  of    Photographs,   illustrative    of    country    inhabited    by 

Indians. 

328.  Model  Huts,  as  built  by  Indians. 

329.  Maize,  or  Indian  Corn,  used  in  making  drinks. 

330.  Cassava  Bread,  the  "staff  of  life." 

331.  Souari  Nuts,  used  as  food. 

332.  Greenheart  Seeds,  used  in  making  starch  in  times  of  scarcity. 

333.  Various  Birds,  stuffed,  used  by  Indians  for  food,  for  taming,  and  for 

feather  work. 

334.  Various  Fishes,  preserved,  used  for  food. 

335.  Various  Mammals,  stuffed,  used  for  food. 

336.  Miscellaneous  Leaves  and  Fibers,   used    by   Indians  for  thatches,. 

string,  and  ropes. 

337.  Miscellaneous  Barks  and  Seeds,  used  medicinally. 


DEPARTMENT    N.—  FORESTRY. 

The  woods  of  British  Guiana  are  especially  worthy  of  attention,  as  well' 
for  their  hardness  and  durability  as  for  their  brilliance  of  coloring 
and  their  finish  when  polished.  'The  hardwood  Greenheart  {Nectandra 
rodicBi),  the  only  commercial  wood  which  is  known  to  successfully  resist 
the  attacks  of  the  shipworm  {Teredo),  and  Mora,  are  two  of  Lloyds' eight 
first-class  woods  of  the  world  for  ship-building;  whi!e  Waibaima  and  Kabu- 
calli  are  almost  equally  valuable.  Wallaba,  Purpleheart,  Crabwood,  Locust, 
Hoobooballi,  Arrisowroo,  Cirouaballi,  DukaLiballi.'Hiawaballi,  Letterwood, 
Cedar,  Simarupa,  and  Kretti,  are  brilliant  furniture  woods,  and  are  adapted 
for  the  most  delicate  ornamental  purposes,  as  can  be  easily  perceived  from, 
the  twelve  ornamental  panels,  made  up  each  of  five  different  woods,  exhib- 
ited. The  pavilion,  composed  of  twenty-six  different  logs  of  squared 
timber,  twenty  feet  in  length,  and  from  fourteen  to  thirty  inches  in  width, 
illustrates  the  aspect  of  the  rough  timbers  as  exported.  The  vast  interior  of 
Brjtish  Guiana  is,  up  to  the  present  day,  covered  with  primeval  forest, 
stocked  with  abundant  supplies  of  hard  and  soft  woods  —  the  diflSculty  of 
transportation  over  the  rapids  and  cataracts  of  the  great  rivers  having^ 
almost  confined  all  wood-cutting  to  the  coast  and  for  a  few  miles  along  the 


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lower  reaches  of  the  rivers  and  creeks.  Abundant  resources  also  exist  in 
the  form  of  gums,  rubbers,  guttas,  medicinal  and  tanning  barks,  and  other 
such  products. 

The  chief  woods  of  British  Guiana  have  been  described  by  Mr.  Michael 
McTurk,  special  magistrate  of  the  Essequebo  River,  and  also  by  experienced 
wood-cutters.     They  include  the  following  species,  with  the  descriptions: 

1. — SOUARI  {Caryocar  tomentosum,  Dec). 

Souari  thrives  best  and  seems  to  attain  to  its  largest  size  on  the 
hills  composed  of  a  stiff,  yellowish  clay,  mixed  with  a  gravelly 
kind  of  stone  resembling  oxide  of  iion.  The  trees  are  plentiful 
on  the  Essequebo,  and  seldom  very  far  from  a  creek  or  the  ma  in 
river.  Their  average  height  is  about  90  feet,  and  the  timber  can 
easily  be  got  to  square  24  inches;  it  is  very  tough  and  cross- 
grained.  The  trunks  of  the  trees  are  s(51dom  used,  but  the  roots 
make  excellent  floors  and  futtocks  for  ship-building,  and  can  be 
had  sufficiently  large  to  timber  a  vessel  of  large  size.  The  Souari- 
nut  (Butternut),  well  known  in  the  colony,  is  the  fruit  of  this 
tree.  The  nuts,  three  or  four  in  number,  grow  inclosed  in  a 
pulpy  substance,  or  fruit,  which  before  it  drops  from  the  tree 
greatly  resembles  ^n  size,  shape,  and  color  the  Mammee  Apple 
{Mammea  americana,  Lin.).'^  Specific  gravity,  .933. 

3.— DETERMA  {Nectandra  wana). 

Determa  grows  best  on  clayey,  gravelly  soil,  and  is  more 
plentiful  in  the  Moraballi  Creek  than  any  other  part  of  the  colony 
below  ihe  rapids  that  I  am  aware  of.  The  average  height  is 
about  100  feet,  and  it  can  be  had  to  square  up  to  30  inches. 
This  wood  is  of  a  color  resembling  cedar,  and  is  used  for  plank- 
ing boats,  in  the  construction  of  railway  carriages,  and  for  many 
other  purposes  where  a  light  and  strong  wood  is  required. 
Determa  is  also  used  for  the  masts  and  spars  of  vessels;  the 
largest  spars  for  these  purposes  procurable  in  the  colony  are  of 
tills  wood,  from  70  to  90  feet  long,  and  14  inches  in  diameter  at 
the  smallest  end.  I  have  seen  a  log  of  this  timber  43  inches 
square. 

3. —  KABUKALLI  {Goiipia  tomentosa). 

This  tree  is  plentiful  all  over  the  colony,  and  thrives  best  in 
loose,  sandy  soil.  Kabukalli  is  one  of  «ur  tallest  forest  trees, 
and  grows  very  straight;  its  average  height  is  about  130  feet, 
and  it  can  be  had  to  square  up  to  30  inches  free  of  sap.  Kabu- 
kalli is  used  in  boat-building,  and  for  limber  is  little  inferior  to 
Mora.  The  wood  has  a  very  unpleasant  smell,  and  is  disliked  by 
worms.  The  Indians  living  in  the  wet  savannahs,  or  where  the 
rivers  are  free  of  bush  to  form  a  shade,  prefer  canoes  made  of 


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this  wood  to  any  other,  as  they  will  not  split  from  exposure  to 
the  sun.  A  gelatinous  substance  forms  on  the  stump  after 
cutting  down  a  Kabukalli  tree;  it  has  a  disagreeable  smell,  and 
never  hardens.  The  specific  gravity  of  this  wood,  as  given  in  a 
letter  by  John  F.  Bourne,  Esq.,  the  then  Colonial  Civil  Engineer 
of  the  colony,  to  J.  Brufnell,  Esq.,  Secretary  to  the  Committee 
'  for  the  Exhibition  of  1862,  was  1.154,  water  being  1,000. 

4.— TATABOO. 

The  tree  from  which  the  samples  were  cut  was  104  feet  high. 
Tataboo  grows  in  sandy  soil,  and  is  not  a  very  common  wood. 
The  average  height  of  these  trees  is  about  80  feet.  The  wood  is 
dark-colored,  heavy,  and  hard,  and  well  adapted  for  mill-bed 
timbers;  it  is  also  used  in  boatbuilding,  house-framing,  etc. 
Tataboo  can  be  had  to  square  up  to  23  inches  free  of  sap. 
Sp.  gr.  .940. 

5.—  MAMOORI-BALLI. 

This  tree  is  plentiful  in  Essequebo,  and  grows  best  in  sandy 
soil.  The  average  height  is  about  70  feet,  and  it  can  be  had  to 
square  16  inches.  The  wood  is  tough  and  hard,  and  is  suitable 
for  house-framing  and  othefwork  where  it  will  not  be  exposed  to 
the  weather. 

46.— PAKOORIE. 

This  tree  is  plentiful  in  the  Itoori-bisci  Creek,  and  generally 
throughout  the  county  of  Essequebo;  it  thrives  best  in  the 
loose  sandy  soil.  The  average  height  is  about  80  feet,  but  it  is  a 
tree  the  trunk  of  which  is  very  large  compared  with  its  height;  it 
can  be  had  to  square  up  to  36  inches  free  of  sap.  When 
arrived  at  maturity  this  is  a  very  durable  wood,  and  is  used  for 
house-framing  and  many  other  purpo-^es.  The  tree  produces  an 
edible  fruit  of  the  size  and  color  of  a  large  orange,  and  yellow 
sappy  gum  that  is  considered  useless.     Sp.  gr.  .743. 

7.—  WAIBAIMA. 

This  tree  is  a  species  of  Cirouaballi,  or  Siruaballi  {Neetandra^ 
or  Oreodaphne).  The  wood  has  a  strong  aromatic  scent  and  bitter 
taste,  and  is  about  the  best  wo  d  in  the  colony  for  planking 
vessels.  The*trees  are  numerous  in  the  Essequebo  and  Demerara 
rivers.  Their  average  height  is  about  90  feet,  and  as  there  is 
little  or  no  sap,  the  timber  can  be  had  to  square  the  large  size,  20  to 
:28  inches.  For  planking  and  all  other  purposes  of  ship-building 
for  which  Greenheart  is  used,  I  think  this  wood  is  superior,  and 
deserves  to  be  classed  among  the  first-class  woods  at  Lloyds'  for 
ship-building. 


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S.— KOOROO-BALLI,    or  THY SIL  (Pentadethra  Jilamentosa).     On  the 
Morabelli   Creek,  Essequebo  River,   this    tree  grows  plentifully. 

The  average  height  of  this  tree,  in  the  forest  on  the  upper 
parts  of  the  river,  is  about  60  feet.  On  the  coast  lauds  and  in  the 
swamps  aback  of  the  estates,  where  large  quantities  of  it  are  cut 
for  firewood,  it  does  not  grow  so  large;  it  can  be  had  to  square 
10  inches  free  of  sap,  and  is  a  dark,  close-grained  wood  suitable 
for  making  furniture.  The  bark  of  the  Kooroo-balli  is  used  by 
the  Indians  in  cases  of  dysentery. 

«.—  ITIKIBOURI-BALLI  ( MachmHum  ? ). 

Itikibouri-balli  grows  in  clay  soil  and  on  the  islands  in  the 
rapids  of  the  Essequebo.  It  is  comparatively  a  rare  tree  below 
the  rapids,  and  does  not  attain  to  an  average  height  of  more  than 
70  feet.  The  sap  wood  is  white,  and  its  junction  witli  the  heart, 
or  tacuba,  which  is  of  a  deep  brown,  almost  black,  color,  is 
sharply  defined.  It  can  be  had  to  square  up  to  15  inches  free  of 
sap,  and  is  used  for  making  articles  of  furniture  and  walking- 
sticks.  Itikibouri-balli  is  one  of  the  heaviest  and  closest  grained 
woods  in  the  colony.     Sp.  gr.  .836.  ? 

10.— SEEBADANI, 

This  tree  grows  in  clay  and  sandy  soil,  and  has  an  average 
height  of  60  feet.  The  wood  is  used  for  framing  purposes,  and 
can  be  had  in  large  quantities;  it  will  square  up  to  29  inches  and 
has  very  little  sap.     Sp.  gr.  1.066. 

11.— WALLABA,  or  BIMITI  WALLABA  (iBrperwa  falcata,  Aubl). 

This  Wallaba  grows  in  loose  sandy  soil,  over  extensive  tracts 
of  country,  and  is  a  wood  known  to  every  one  in  the  colony. 
There  are  four  varieties  of  this  tree,  locally  known  as  Bimiti 
Wallaba,  Itoori  Wallaba,  Karabimiti  Walhxba,  and  Sare-bebe, 
meaning  Humming  Bird,  Baboon,  Red  Humming  Bird,  and 
Water  Wallaba.  The  first  two  grow  on  loose  sandy  soil,  and  the 
Karabimiti  Wallaba  on  clay  near  the  river  banks.  Sare-bebe 
grows  in  the  w^ater  at  the  edge  of  the  river.  The  two  last  are 
never  used;  from  the  Bimiti  and  Itoori  Wallaba  frames  for  houses 
are  made,  vat  staves,  paling  staves,  and  shingles,  both  for  colonial 
use  and  for  export  to  the  neighboring  colonies.  These  trees  are 
all  plentiful,  and  have  an  average  height  of  80  feet,  and  can  be 
had  to  square  20  inches  free  of  sap.  The  scraped  root  of  the 
Itoori  Wallaba  is  used  by  the  Indians  as  a  cure  for  toothache. 
Sp.  gr.  .945. 

12. — BARTABALLI  ( J.cA,ras  mammosa,  BonpL,  Lucuma  BonplandUj  H. 
B.  K.). 


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Bartaballi  grows  on  clay  and  sandy  soils,  and  is  found  plenti- 
fully.up  the  Essequebo  and  Demerara  rivers.  The  tree  averages^ 
a  height  of  about  90  feet,  and  can  be  had  to  square  up  to  20  inches 
free  of  sap.  The  wood  is  close  grained,  light,  and  of  a  pale 
brown  color,  and  is  useful  for  making  tables  and  other  articles 
of  furniture,  and  for  partition  boards,  doors,  etc.,  for  houses. 
This  tree  produces  a  milky  juice  somewhat  similar  to  that  of  the 
Burueh  or  Bullet  tree  (No.  15),  but  of  a  sticky  nature;  its  fruit  is^ 
one  of  the  best  produced  by  any  of  our  forest-trees,  and  is  eagerly 
sought  for  by  the  Indians  during  its  season  (about  the  month  of 
April),  when,  with  characteristic  recklessness,  the  trees  are  cut 
down  in  large  numbers  for  their  fruit.  The  specific  gravity  of 
this  wood,  according  to  Mr.  Bourne,  is  .893. 

13.— ITOORI  WALLABA.     See  No.  11. 

14.— TAWARONERO,  or  BASTARD  BULLET-TREE  {Humirium  fiori- 
hunduni,  Mart.). 

This  tree  is  plentiful  throughout  the  colony,  and  grows  on 
sandy  soil,  and  near  to,  but  not  in  the  swamps.  The  average 
height  is  about  90  feet,  and  it  can  be  had  to  square  20  inches  free 
of  sap.  The  timber  is  useful  for  framing  houses,  wheel-spokes, 
and  many  other  purposes,  and  where  small  sized  timber  is  re- 
quired is  superior  to  greenheart.  The  tree  produces  an  edible 
fruit  about  the  size  of  a  grape.  At  the  expiration  of  a  week  or 
ten  days  af  er  cutting  away  the  bark  from  the  stem  of  these  trees, 
a  minute  fungus  emitting  an  agreeable  perfume  grows  upon  them 
—  this  is  scraped  off  and  used  by  the  Indians  for  scenting  their 
hair-oil.  Tawaronero  produces  a  gum  similar  to  Bullet  tree,  but 
in  much  smaller  quantity.     Sp.  gr.  .967. 

15.— BULLET-TREE,  or  BURUEH  {Sapota  Mulleri,  Miq.    or  Mimusope^ 
hallata). 

This  tree  grows  plentifully,  ef-pecially  in  Beibice,  where  it 
may  be  found  5  feet  in  diameter  ;  its  average  height  is  about  100' 
feet  and  it  can  be  had  to  square  42  inches  free  of  sap.  During  the 
time  that  windmills  were  used  in  the  colony  Bullet-tree  was  con- 
sidered to  be  the  best  wood  for  the  arms  of  a  windmill.  The 
gum  known  as  Ballata  is  produced  by  this  tree.  The  wood  is^ 
dark  red,  close  grained,  and  solid,  and,  when  free  of  sap,  most 
durable.  During  the  time  that  the  fruit  is  ripe  many  of  the  trees 
are  cut  down.  The  fruit  resembles  the  well-known  Sapodilla  in 
taste,  and  is  about  the  size  of  a  large  English  cherry;  from  the 
seeds  oil  can  be  extracted.  The  bark  of  the  Bullet-tree  is  used 
medicinally  by  the  Indians  in  the  form  of  a  clyster  for  a  disease 
called  kaina-kuhu,  or  Carabisci  sick,  and  occasionally  as  an  emetic^ 


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16.— FUKADIE. 

Fukadie  grows  on  sandy  soil.  Its  average  height  is  about  80 
feet,  and  it  can  be  had  to  square  16  inches  free  of  sap.  It  is  used 
for  house-framing,  and  is  a  durable  wood  for  indoor  work.  This 
tree  is  very  plentiful  on  the  Itooribisci  Creek  and  generally  in 
Essequebo. 

17.— KARAHURA. 

Karahura  grows  generally  throughout  the  colony  in  dry 
places.  It  is  one  of  the  lightest  of  colonial  woods,  and  is  only 
fit  for  partition  boards  and  other  indoor  work  of  a  similar  rature. 
It  is  used  by  the  Indians  for  making  canoes;  its  average  height  is 
80  feet,  and  it  can  be  had  to  square  30  inches. 

18.— HOOBOODIE,  or  WILD  CASHEW   (Anacardium  rhinocarpu.s). 
From  the  Moraballi  Creek,  Essequebo  River. 

This  tree  grows  in  low  situations  near  water,  and  averages 
about  80  feet  in  height;  the  wood  is  light  and  not  veiy  durable, 
and  is  only  used  for  boards.  The  fruit  of  the  Hooboodie  is  simi- 
lar in  shape  to  that  of  the  ordinary  Cashew  ( Anacardium  occi- 
dentale,  Lin.),  and,  as  well  as  the  bark,  is  of  an  astringent  nature, 
ai^  is  used  medicinally  in  cases  of  diarrhoea. 

19.— LALLIFER. 

This  tree,  like  Waibima  (No.  7),  is  a  species  of  Cirouaballi,  or 
Siruaballi  {Nectandra  or  Oreodaphne),  and  is  comparatively  abun- 
dant on  the  Essequebo,  but,  like  all  of  the  Siruaballi  species,  is 
difficult  to  procure  of  large  size  free  of  holes;  the  wood  has  a 
strong  aromatic  scent,  and  is  used  in  boat  building.  Its  average 
height  is  about  70  feet,  and  it  can  be  had  to  square  16  inches. 
Sp.  gr.  .812. 

20.— MANNIBALLI. 

Maoniballi  grows  in  dry  situations,  and  its  wood  is  distinct 
from  and  much  more  durable  than  that  of  Manni  {Amyris  or 
Idea,  sp.T),  a  tree  that  grows  always  in  swamps.  Manniballi  is 
a  most  durable  wood  when  free  <l  sap,  and,  like  Tawaranero  (No. 
14),  is  superior  to  Greenheart  where  small  sizes  of  timber  are 
required.  It  grows  tall  and  straight,  is  close  grained,  and  of  a 
brownish  yellow  color.  Its  average  height  is  about  100  feet,  with 
a  very  small  top.  Manniballi  produces  a  sticky  yellow  gum, 
which  is  not  used  for  any  purpose  that  I  am  aware  of.  This  tree 
can  be  had  to  square  20  inches  free  of  sap.     Sp.  gr.  960. 

21.— KAUTA-BALLI. 

There  are  two  or  three  varieties  of  this  tree,  distinguished  by 
the  size  of  the  leaves.     Kauta-balli  grows  to  its  largest  size  on 


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clay  soil  mixed  with  gravelly  ironstone.  It  is  plentiful  on  hilly 
land,  and  attains  to  an  average  height  of  80  feet,  and  can  be  had 
to  square  14  inches.  The  wood  is  useful  for  house-framing,  is 
hard,  and  has  a  close,  straight  grain.  The  fruit  of  the  Kauta-balli 
is  not  edible;  its  b.\rk,  made  into  charcoal  and  ground  to  powder, 
is  used  by  the  Indian  women  to  mix  with  the  clay  of  which  their 
pots,  goglets,  and  other  earthenware  vessels  are  made.  Sp.  gr. 
1.087. 

22.—  WADADURI,  or  MONKEY  POT  {Lecythis  grandiflora,  Auhl.). 
There  are  two  varieties  of  this  tree  plentiful  throughout  the 
colony,  distinguished  by  the  size  of  their  leaves  and  the  places 
where  they  grow.  This  sample  is  from  the  small-leaved  kind, 
which  grows  to  a  large  size  on  sand  and  clayey  soil,  and  attains 
to  an  average  height  of  about  100  feet.  It  can  be  had  to  square 
free  of  sap  28  inches.  The  broad-leaved  variety  grows  in  swampy 
places,  and  is  a  much  smaller  tree;  its  wood  is  not  so  durable  as 
that  of  the  smallleaved  variety.  It  is  used  for  furniture,  house- 
building, etc.,  and  forme  fly  for  hogshead  staves.  The  tree  bears 
a  nut  which  is  sometimes  eaten,  and  a  fine  oil  can  be  extracted 
from  the  kernels.     Sp.  gr.  1.032. 

23. —  WAMARA    {Swartzia    tomentosa).  • 

This  tree  is  not  plentiful  in  any  part  of  the  colony  below  the 
rapids.  It  grows  on  sandy  soil,  and  does  not  average  more  than 
about  60  feet  in  height,  and  can  be  had  to  square  12  inches  free 
of  sap.  The  heart,  or  tacuba,  is  exceedingly  hard,  heavy,  and 
very  close-grained,  resembling  ebony.  The  sap  wood,  of  which 
there  is  very  little,  is  of  a  yellowish  white  color;  on  exposure  to 
the  weather  it  rots  away  from  the  heart  rapidly.  The  Indians 
make  their  clubs  from  this  wood.  It  is  little  used  in  the  colony, 
owing  to  its  extreme  hardness,  but  it  is  a  fine  wood  for  inlaying 
and  other  cabinet  work.     Sp.  gr.  1.22. 

24.— IRRIARIADAN.      On    the     Moraballi    Creek,     Essequebo    River, 
this  tree  grows  plentifully  on  high  sandy  soil. 

Irriariadan  is  a  species  of  Trysil  (No.  8),  and  is  little  known. 
It  is  a  fine  wood,  of  a  dark  brown  color,  and  suitable  for  cabinet 
work,  partition  boards,  staves,  and  many  other  purposes.  The 
average  height  is  about  80  feet,  and  it  can  be  had  to  square  10 
inches  free  of  sap.     Sp.  gr.  .900. 

25.— DUKURIA. 

Dukuria  is  plentiful  throughout  the  colony,  and  grows  in  dry 
soils;  it  is  used  for  house-framing  and  many  other  purposes,  and 
is  a  very  serviceable  wood.  There  are  two  kinds  of  Dukuria,  fine 
and  large  leaved.  Its  average  height  is  about  90  feet,  and  it  will 
square  16  inches  free  of  snp.     Sp.  gr.  .96*^. 


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26. —  DAKAMA-BALLI    {Vouacapoua    americana). 

Tliis  tree  grows  plentifully  near  the  water;  its  average  height 
is  about  80  feet,  and  it  will  square  20  inches  free  of  sap.  The 
wood  is  little  used.  From  the  seeds  of  the  Dakama-balli  a  starch 
is  extracted  which  is  considered  very  efficacious  in  cases  of  dysen- 
tery or  diarrhoea.  The  Indians,  when  their  cassava  fails,  use  the 
starch  mixed  with  decayed  wood  to  make  a  kind  of  bread.  The 
bark  is  used  for  tanning.     Sp.  gr.  .780. 

27.—  GREENHEART,  or  BIBIRU    {Nectandra  rodicei.    Schomb.). 

There  are  three  varieties  of  Greenheart,  yellow,  black,  and 
mainop,  all  most  serviceable  and  durable  woods,  if  cut  when 
arrived  at  maturity.  Greenheart  is  one  of  our  tallest  forest  trees, 
and  logs  can  be  had  from  18  to  24  inches  square,  and  70  feet  long. 
It  gt-ows  in  clay  soil  near  the  rivers  and  creeks,  and  not  over 
extensive  tracts  of  country  like  Bullet-tree  and  Wallaba.  Owing 
to  the  great  demand  for  this  timber  and  the  want  of  legal  restric- 
tion to  prevent  the  cutting  of  the  young  trees  by  woodcutters 
and  charcoal-burners,  it  is  becoming  extremely  difficult  to  pro- 
cure good  Greenheart,  and  its  preservation  is  worthy  of  the  atten- 
tion of  the  legislature.  Greenheart  is  one  of  the  eight  first-class 
woods  at  Lloyd's;  and  admirable  kelsons,  knee  and  other  timbers 
can  be  had  of  it.  Sawn  into  scantling  it  is  used  for  planking 
vessels.  For  wharves,  house-framing,  mill  timbers,  and  many 
other  purposes,  Greenheart  is  unsurpassed  by  any  other  wood  in 
the  colony.  From  the  bark  and  steds  "Bibiriue"  is  extracted. 
The  Indians  use  the  seeds  riiedicinally  in  cases  of  diarrhoea,  and 
for  food,  ground  and  mixed  with  other  meal,  in  times  of  scarcity. 
Sp.  gr.  1.210.     Heart  of  oak,  1.170.     Yellow  G.,  .951. 

28.— ETA-BALLI    {Vochysia   guianerms). 

Eta-Balli  is  plentiful  in  low  situations  near  the  rivers  and 
creeks.  The  wood  is  little  used.  The  tree  attains  an  average 
height  of  about  90  feet,  and  will  square  18  inches  free  of  sap. 
Sp.  gr.  .706. 

29.—  WILD  GUA VA  {Psidium). 

Wild  Guava  grows  best  in  rocky  soil.  There  are  four  varie- 
ties of  this  tree.  The  bark  is  a  powerful  astringent,  and  contains 
tannin.  These  trees  are  not  plentiful,  and  the  wood  is  little 
known  or  used,  but  where  a  light,  tough,  and  close-grained  wood 
is  desirable,  Wild  Guava  should  answer  admirably.  Its  average 
height  is  about  60  feet,  and  it  will  square  10  inches.    Sp.  gr.  .682. 

30. —  ARRISOWROO  {Vaiairea  guianensis).      On  the  Upper  Essequebo 
River  this  tree  grows  plentifully  in  low  situations  near  the  river. 


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This  wood  is  of  a  dark  yellow  color,  and  has  a  very  bitter 
taste;  it  lasts  long  exposed  to  the  weather,  and  is  not  eaten  by 
worms;  for  these  reasons,  I  think  it  is  well  adiipted  for  planking 
vessels  and  making  estates'  kokers.  The  average  height  is  about 
80  feet,  and  it  will  square  14  inches  free  of  sap.  A  decoction 
of  the  bark  is  used  for  dressing  ulcers,  and  the  sap  is  a  remedy 
for  ring-worm.  This  wood  has  a  well-defined  grain,  is  easily 
worked,  and  takes  a  fine  polish;  it  is  well  suited  for  furniture- 
making  and  decorative  work,  and  deserves  to  be  better  known. 
Sp.  gr.  .812. 

31.— KAMARAKATA. 

Kamarakata  is  a  dark  brown,  close-grained,  heavy  wood,  of  a 
bitter  taste,  and  resembles  Hackia  (No.  44).  {Siderodendron  tri- 
Jlorum,  Vahl).  It  is  very  lasting,  and  is  used  for  boat  timbers,  for 
which  purpose  it  answers  well.  It  grows  iu  Mahaicony,  and  on 
the  Essequebo  in  low  places  near  the  river  (often  hanging  over 
the  water)  and  on  the  islands,  in  and  above  the  rapids.  Kama- 
rakata is  comparatively  a  short  tree.,  not  averaging  more  than  50 
feet  in  height,  but  has  a  large  trunk.  It  can  be  had  to  square  23 
inches  free  of  sap,  of  which  there  is  very  little.     Sp.  gr.  1.032. 

S2.—  DUKALA-BALLI. 

Dukala-balli  is  a  rare  tree,  and  grows  in  clay  and  sandy  soil. 
The  wood  is  of  deep  red  color,  heavy  and  clo-^^e-grained,  and  is  used 
for  making  articles  of  furniture,  bedstead  posts,  etc.  It  takes  a 
fine  polish  and  is  a  durable  wood.  Dukala-balli  grows  to  a  large 
size;  its  average  height  is  about  120  feet,  and  it  will  square  free  of 
sap  20  inches.     Sp.  gr.  1.138. 

33— SURADANNI. 

Suradanni  grows  in  low  situations  on  the  Essequebo  River, 
and  is  plentiful.  The  wood  is  of  a  deep  red  color,  grows  to  a 
large  size,  and  is  used  for  making  canoes,  planking  boats,  and  many 
other  purposes.  Sp.  gr.  .836. 
34. —  CARABA,  or  CH A.BWOOD,  with  Yarietj  (Carapa  guiane7n8,  AuM.) 
There  are  two  kinds,  the  white  and  the  red,  both  of  which  at- 
tain to  a  large  size  and  are  very  useful  woods.  From  the  trunks 
canoes  are  made  ;  and  sawn  into  boards  it  is  used  for  making  fur- 
niture, partitions,  flooring,  etc.  Masts  and  spars  are  sometimes 
made  from  Crabwood.  The  seeds  yield  the  well-known  "crab 
oil,"  and  the  bark  is  used  for  tanning.  Along  with  greenheart 
this  is  one  of  the  few  trees  in  the  colony  that  has  all  its  parts  use- 
ful. The  average  height  of  a  full-grown  tree  is  about  120  feet 
and  it  can  be  had  to  square  30  inches.  The  tree  from  which  this 
sample  came  was  170  feet  in  height  and  42  inches  in  diameter, 
Sp.  gr.  .667. 


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55.— FOGLEKOP. 

Foglekop  grows  in  a  sandy  soil,  and  is  a  light  colored,  close- 
grained  wood  of  little  weight,  and  is  plentiful  on  the  Essequebo 
and  Pomeroon  rivers ;  sawn  into  boards  it  is  useful  for  indoor 
work,  partitions,  doors,  etc.  Its  average  height  is  about  70  feet, 
and  it  will  square  13  inches.  Foglekop  bears  a  small  edible  fruit, 
the  seeds  of  which  contain  oil.     ISp.  gr.  .610. 

36. —  HOUBOO-BALLI    {Mimosa  guianensis).     On  the  Itoori-bisci  Creek, 
Essequebo  River,  the  tree  grows  plentifully. 

Tlje  wood  is  of  a  light  brown  color,  variegated  with  black  and 
brown  veins  ;  it  takes  a  fine  polish  and  is  useful  in  making  arti- 
cles of  furniture  and  cabinet  work  of  any  description.  Under 
water  it  lasts  a  long  time,  and  on  the  bottom  of  a  punt  or  boat 
will  outlast  almost  any  other  wood.  The  tree  attains  to  an  aver- 
age height  of  about  100  feet,  and  will  square  20  inches  free  of  sap. 
The  bark  contains  a  sticky  gum.     Sp.  gr.  .890. 

57.— SIMIRI,  or  LOCUST    {Hymencea  courharil.  Lin.). 

Simiri  is  abundant  and  grows  best  in  white,  sandy  soil.  The 
wood  is  hard,  heavy  and  close-grained,  of  a  brown  color  streaked 
with  veins,  and  takes  a  fine  polish.  It  is  used  for  making  furni 
ture,  mill-beds,  and  tree  nails  for  planking  of  ships.  There  are 
two  varieties  of  this  tree,  Simiri  and  K'wanarri  —  distinguished 
by  the  size  of  their  bean-pods ;  the  pulp  surrounding  the  pods  of 
the  beans  of  both  trees  is  edible.  The  Indians  make  wood-skin 
canoes  from  the  bark.  The  tree  yields  the  gum  animi  of  com- 
merce. The  gum  is  found  in  large  quantities  where  a  tree  has 
rotted  away,  many  barrelsful  being  often  taken  from  one  spot ; 
the  gum  forms  in  the  inner  part  of'a  hollow  tree,  and  it  may  also 
be  procured  in  small  quantities  by  tapping.     Sp.  gr.  .942. 

58.— HIAWA-BALLI  {OmpMloUnmlamherti,  Dec). 

This  is  a  rare  tree  and  its  wood  is  in  great  request  for  cabinet- 
work. It  is  easily  worked  and  of  great  beauty.  Hiawa-balli 
grows  on  sand  and  rocky  soil,  and  often  attains  to  a  large  size. 
Its  average  height  is  about  90  feet,  and  it  will  square,  free  of  sap, 
12  inches.  It  has  a  sticky  gum  similar  to  Houboo-balli  (No.  36). 
Sp.  gr.  1.032. 

59.— SIRIBIDANNI. 

Siribidanni  grows  in  loose,  sandy  soil,  and  is  plentiful  in  some 
localities.  It  does  not  grow  to  a  large  size  and  the  wood  is  very 
sappy.  The  heart  is  of  a  purple  color,  close-grained  and  hard, 
and  is  useful  for  inlaying  and  making  furniture.  The  sap  of  this 
wood  decays  rapidly  on  exposure  to  the  weatheri  The  average 
height  is  about  50  feet,  and  it  will  square,  free  of  sap,  4  to  6 
inches.     Sp.  gr.  1.066. 


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40.— SIMARUPA  {Simaimba  officinalis,  Dec). 

Simarupa  is  plentiful  throughout  the  colony,  and  grows  to  a 
large  size  on  sandy  soil  and  on  islands  in  the  river.  The  wood  is 
of  a  light  color,  light  and .  close-grained,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
useful  woods  for  partition  boards  and  other  inside  house-work. 
Wood  ants  will  not  eat  or  injure  Simarupa.  The  average  height 
of  the  tree  is  about  90  feet,  and  it  will  square  24  inches.  The 
bark  of  the  root  is  used  medicinally  in  cases  of  diarrhoea.  Sp. 
gr.  .410. 

41.— KURAHARA. 

Kurahara  grows  in  sandy  soil  and  on  the  edges  of  swamps;  it 
is  a  very  straight  tree,  with  dark-green  leaves.  The  wood  is  red,, 
of  the  color  of  Cedar,  and  floats  in  water;  it  is  used  for  making^ 
canoes,  planking  boats,  and  spars.  The  average  height  is  about 
90  feet,  and  it  will  square  20  inches  free  of  sap.  Kurahara  has  a 
resinous  gum  not  used  for  any  purpose  that  I  am  aware  of.  Sp. 
gr.  .700. 

43.— K'WANARRI  (ZocwsO-     See  No.  37. 

43.— DUKA. 

There  are  two  or  three  kinds  of  Duka,  all  growing  on  dry 
sandy  soil.  The  sample  is  from  the  largest  kind.  The  wood  is 
light,  and  sawn  into  boards,  is  useful  for  indoor  house-work, 
tables,  etc.  Its  average  height  is  about  50  feet,  and  it  will  square 
10  inches.     Sp.  gr.  .746. 

44. —  HACKIA  {Siderodendron  triflorum,  Vahlf).  * 

This  tree  grows  plentifully  in  some  localities  on  dry,  sandy 
soil,  and  during  the  time  it  is  in  flower  in  the  month  of  Novem- 
ber is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  our  forest  trees.  At  this  time 
on  the  side  of  a  hill,  the  bright  yellow  flowers  of  the  Hackia  ap- 
pear from  a  distance  like  a  mass  of  gold  against  the  dark-green 
foliage  of  the  surrounding  forest.  The  wood  is  exceedingly  hard, 
close-grained  and  heavy,  and  of  a  brown  color.  It  is  valuable 
for  making  cogs  and  shafts,  but  is  almost  too  hard  for  any  other 
purpose.  Average  height  about  65  feet.  It  will  square  13  to  14 
inches  free  of  sap.     Sp.  gr.  1.132. 

45.— KUMARA,  or  TONKIN  BE A.'N  {Dipterix  odomta,  Willd). 

Kumara  grows  plentifully  in  some  localities,  especially  above 
and  on  the  islands  in  the  rapids  of  the  Essequiebo  River.  Kumara 
is  a  close-grained,  heavy,  brown-colored  wood,  exceedingly  tough 
and  durable,  and  is  useful  for  cogs,  shafts,  and  any  other  purpose 
where  a  strong  wood  capable  of  resisting  great  pressure  is  desired. 


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This  tree  yields  the  Tonkin-beans,  well-known  in  the  colony; 
they  are  used  by  the  Indians  to  perfume  their  hair-oil.  and  when 
put  among  clothing  are  supposed  to  keep  away  moths  and  other 
insects.  An  oil  can  be  extracted  from  Tonkin-beans.  Average 
height  about  90  feet,  and  will  square  22  inches.    Sp.  gr.  1.032. 

46.— KrRAROO,  or  BAT-SEED. 

Kuraroo  is  a  tree  common  throughout  the  colony,  and  may  be 
seen  growing  in  Georgetown,  where  it  is  known  as  wild  olive. 
Its  wood  is  hard  but  not  very  durable,  and  is  little  used;  it  takes 
a  fine  polish  and  would  be  useful  for  furniture.  This  tree  does 
not  grow  very  tall,  but  the  diameter  of  the  trunk  is  great  in  pro- 
portion to  its  height.  Its  average  height  is  about  60  feet,  and  it 
can  be  had  to  square  36  to  48  inches  in  short  lengths. 

47.— ARAMATA. 

Aramata  is  comparatively  a  common  tree  throughout  the  col- 
ony, and  grows  on  sandy  soil.  It  is  a  dark-colored  hard  wood, 
and  is  used  in  boat-building,  house-framing,  and  sometimes  for 
cabinet-work.  Its  average  height  is  about  80  feet,  and  it  can  be 
had  to  square  12  inches  free  of  sap.  A  decoction  of  the  bark  is 
used  by  the  Indians  to  wash  their  dogs,  and  sometimes  their  own 
heads,  to  destroy  vermin.     Sp.  gr.  .727. 

48. —  CARABA,  or  CRABWOOD,  red  variety  {Canrapa  guianenfds,  AuU.). 
See  No.  34. 

49.— WARIKURI,  WARACOORI.  or  WHITE  CEDAR. 

It  grows  plentifully  in  swampy  places.  With  the  exception 
of  its  bark,  it  bears  no  resemblance  in  any  of  its  parts  to  Kurana, 
or  Red  Cedar.  White  Cedar,  when  full  grown,  is  a  dark  brown, 
hard,  heavy  and  close-grained  wood  with  a  white  sap,  very  dura- 
ble, especially  under  ground,  but  splits  on  exposure  to  the  sun. 
It  is  probably  the  best  wood  procurable  in  the  colony  for  foun- 
dations. White  Cedar  grows  luxuriantly  in  the  swamps  up  the 
Lamaha  canal,  leading  into  Georgetown.  Its  average  height  is 
about  60  feet,  and  it  will  square  10  inches. 

50.— BROWN  CIROUABALLI,  or  SIRUABALLI  {Kectandra  Sp.). 

This  tree  grows  to  a  lar^e  size,  and  is  used,  like  other  Siru- 
aballis,  for  boat-building,  for  which  purpose  they  seem  specially 
adapted.  It  attains  to  an  average  height  of  90  feet,  and  can 
often  be  had  to  square  36  inches.     Sp.  gr.  .830. 

51. _  OOLU.     On  the  Itoori-bisci  Creek,  Essequebo  River,  this  tree  grows 
plentifully  in  loose,  sandy  soil. 

The  wood  has  a  strong  aromatic  scent  resembling  Hiawa,  No. 
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52  {Idea  heptaphylla,  Auhl.),  is  of  the  color  of  pale  Cedar,  and 
should  be  useful  for  drawers  and  shelves  of  wardrobes.  Its 
average  height  is  about  90  feet,  and  it  can  be  had  to  square  from 
16  to  18  inches.  Oolu  produces  a  gum  resembling  Hiawa,  but  in 
much  smaller  quantities.     Sp.  gr.  .305. 

52.' — HIAWA  {Idea  heptaphylla,  Auhl.). 

Hiawa  grows  plentifully  in  Essequebo  in  loose,  sandy  soil;  its 
wood  is  little  used,  as  it  decays  rapidly  on  exposure  to  the  weather. 
Like  Oolu  (No  51),  it  has  a  strong  aromatic  scent,  is  light,  and 
should  be  useful  for  drawers  and  wardrobe  shelves.  This  tree 
produces  the  gum  known  as  Hiawa,  or  Resin  of  Conima,  which 
is  burnt  as  incense.  The  average  height  is  about  50  feet,  and  it 
will  square  10  inches.     Sp.  gr.,  .840.  • 

53.— KURANA,  or  RED  CEDAR  {Idea  altissima,  Auhl.). 

It  grows  to  a  large  size  and  is  plentiful  in  some  localities, 
notably  so  in  the  Waini;  it  is  also  found  in  the  Cuyuni  and 
Corentyne,  and  in  the  upper  part  of  the  Pomeroon;  it  grows  gen- 
erally in  low  situations  in  clay  soil.  Red  Cedar  is  a  most  service- 
able and  valuable  wood,  and  its  uses  are  too  well  known  to 
require  description.  The  tree  averages  100  feet  in  height,  and 
can  be  had  38  or  40  inches  in  diameter.  It  has  very  little  sap. 
Sp.  gr.  .560. 

54.— WACIBA,  WASHIBA,  or  BOW-WOOD. 

Waciba  grows  to  a  large  size,  but  it  is  a  rare  tree  and  little 
known.  Its  wood,  of  an  olive  color,  is  exceedingly  tough,  hard, 
and  close-grained,  and  is  the  best  known  wood  for  bows.  Its 
average  height  is  about  120  feet,  and  it  can  be  had  to  square  30 
inches,  free  of  sap.     Sp.  gr.  1.162. 

55. —  MORA,  white  variety  {Mora  excelsa,  Benth.). 

There  are  three  vapielies  of  Mora,  known  as  Red  Mora,  White 
Mora,  and  Morabucquia.  The  first  two  grow  in  swamps  and 
near  the  rivers  and  creeks,  and  are  both  very  durable  woods. 
Morabucquia,  on  the  contrary,  grows  in  high  situations  in  clayey, 
rocky  soil,  and  is  not  a  durable  wood.  Mora  seeds  are  used  by 
the  Indians  to  make  a  kind  of  meal  which  is  mixed  with  their 
cassava.  The  bark  is  used  for  tanning,  and  medicinally  in  cases 
of  dysentery.  Mora  is  used  in  ship-building,  and  is  an  exceed- 
ingly tough  wood,  difficult  to  split,  and  one  of  the  eight  first-class 
woods  at  Lloyd's.  Mora  grows  to  a  greater  size  and  is  more 
plentiful  in  the  Barima  River  than  in  any  part  of  the  colony. 
It  often  attains  to  the  height  of  nearly  200  feet,  but  in  such  cases 
has  generally  a  hollow  trunk;  it  can  be  had  to  square  24  inches 
free  of  sap  and  holes.     Sp.  gr.  1.029. 


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56.— TIBICUSI,  or  BASTARD    LETTER    WOOD    (Piratinera   guian- 
ensis,  Auhl.). 

Tibicusi  is  a  rare  wood,  only  used  for  bows,  walking-sticks, 
and  inlaying  cabinet  work.  The  heart  is  beautifully  marked, 
hard,  heavy,  nnd  close-grained.  The  sap  decays  rapidly  on  ex- 
posure to  the  weather.  Average  height  about  60  feet;  it  w.ll 
square  5  inches  free  of  sap.     Sp.  gr.  1.325. 

57.- BURO-KORO,    BURRACURRA,    PAIRA,   or   LETTER    WOOD 

{Piratinera  Auhletii,  Poep.). 

Letter  Wood  is  a  rare  tree,  and  the  wood  is  used  for  the  same 
purpose  as  Tibicusi.  It  is  beaulifully  marked,  close-grained,  takes 
a  high  degiee  of  polish,  and  is  very  heavy.  Letter  wood  trees  are 
sometimes  of  large  size,  but  the  heart,  which  is  the  only  useful 
part,  is  very  small ;  a  tree  of  20  inches  in  diameter  having  only  7 
inches  of  heart ;  average  height  about  60  feet.     Sp.  gr.  1.333. 

.=)8.— KERITEE  or  KRETTI. 

Keritee  is  a  species  of  Sirua-balli,  and  is  plentiful  in  some 
localities.  The  wood  has  a  strong  aromatic  scent,  is  light,  and  in 
color  and  appearance  resembles  Satin-wood;  it  is  useful  for  par- 
titions and  the  upper  planking  of  boats.  Its  average  height  is 
about  80  feet,  and  it  will  square  20  inches. 

59.— KOOROOBOORELLI,   or  PURPLE-HEART  (Copaifera  pubiflora, 
and  Copaifera  hracteata,  Benth.). 

There  are  two  kinds  of  Purple  heart,  called  Koorooboorelli 
and  Marawinnroo.  The  bark  of  the  Marawinaroo  (which  is  not  so 
durable  and  has  a  more  sappy  wood  than  Koorooboorelli)  is  used, 
as  al=o  that  of  the  Simiri  or  Locust,  by  the  Indians  for  making 
canoes  or  "wood-skins."  They  are  sometimes  of  large  size, 
accommodating  15  or  16  persons.  Purple  heart  is  one  of  the 
tallest  of  our  forest  trees,  and  its  round  top  may  be  easily  dis- 
tinguished, rising  above  the  surrounding  forest,  on  the  hilly  lands 
of  the  interior.  The  wood  is  of  a  purple  color,  hard,  close- 
grained,  durable,  and  very  tough.  It  is  a  fine  wood  for  mill-beds, 
house-framing,  etc.,  and  is  capable  of  resisting  great  strain.  Its 
average  height  is  about  120  feet,  and  there  are  many  trees  nearly, 
if  not  quite,  200  feet  high.  It  can  be  had  free  of  sap  to  square 
30  inches.     Sp.  gr.  .827. 

60.— YELLOW  CIROUABALLI,  or  Sirua-balli  {Nectandrapid.). 

A  light  wood  of  bright  yellow  color  and  strong  aromatic  scent, 
used  principally  for  planking  boats;  and  free  of  sap  is  a  most 
durable  wood.  Yellow  Sirua-balli  often  grows  to  a  very  large 
size  in  loose,  sandy  soil,  but  it  is  difficult  to  procure  over  12  inches 


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square  free  of  sap.     The  average  height  is  about  60  feet.     The 
bark  is  useful  for  tanning.     Sp.  gr.  .710. 

61. -AW  ATI. 

Awati  is  a  light  wood,  of  close  grain,  the  color  of  White  Pine, 
and  is  useful  for  indoor  work.  This  wood  is  little  known,  and 
not  much  used.  A  decoction  of  the  bark  and  seeds  is  used  as  a 
wash  by  the  Indians  in  cases  of  smallpox,  and  said  to  be  very 
effective  in  healing  the  pustules.  The  average  height  is  about  60 
feet  and  its  diameter  16  inches. 

62. — KAKARALLI,  {LecylMs  ollaria,  Lin.). 

There  are  two  kinds  of  Kakaralli  common  throughout  the 
country  of  Essequebo,  and  known  as  tlie  white  and  black  Kak- 
aralli. These  woods  are  close-grained  and  tough,  and  of  a  light 
brown  color;  they  are  used  for  house-trainiog,  building  wharves, 
etc.  It  is  said  that  barnacles  will  not  eat  or  injure  Kakaralli. 
These  trees  grow  tall  and  straight,  but  are  too  heavy  to  make 
spars.  The  inner  bark  of  the  white  Kakaralli  is  used  by  the 
Indians  as  a  substitute  for,  and  in  preference  to,  paper  for  mak- 
ing thetr  cigarettes,  and  is  called  "ouina."  The  average  height 
of  the  tree  is  about  80  feet,  and  it  will  square  16  inches  free  of 
sap.     Sp.  gr.  1.033. 

63.— BUHOORADA. 

Buhoorada  is  a  large  tree,  common  throughout  the  colony;  it 
has  a  large  top,  with  reddish-brown  leaves.  The  wood  is  heavy 
and  close-grained,  but  it  is  not  well  known,  and  is  little  used. 
Its  average  height  is  about  75  feet,  and  it  will  square  30  inches 
free  of  sap.     Sp.  gr.  .940. 

The  preceding  description  of  colonial  woods,  with  but  slight 
additions,  was  written  by  Mr.  M.  McTurk,  for  the  Exhibition 
catalogue  of  1878.  The  specific  gravity  in  most  cases  is  but 
approximate. 


64.— ASSAKOOLA. 

This  tree  grows  on  the  sand  hi41s,  Wallaba  bushes,  and  rocky 
land;  it  is  about  50  feet  in  height,  and  has  a  fine,  close-grained, 
dark  red  lacuba.  The  Indians  use  it  for  building;  it  will  square 
to  13  inches,  sheer.    Sp.  gr.  .930. 

65.— WAURI. 

The  tree  from  which  this  speciuieij  was  cut  was  130  feet  in 


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height,  the  lower  part  being  70  feet  clear  of  branches;  it  is  a  last- 
ing wood;  there  are  few  of  them  found  below  the  falls  of  the 
river.  The  Indians  make  their  most  lasting  and  largest  canoes 
from  it. 

66.—  KYETA. 

This  tree  grows  in  Mora  bush  and  along  the  river  sides;  it  is 
about  90  feet  in  height,  and  will  square  12  inches;  it  has  a  dark  red 
tacuba,  like  mahogany;  it  is  not  plentiful, 

67.— KAMAHURA. 

This  tree  reaches  a  heiiiht  about  90  feet;  it  will  square  20 
inches,  and  is  a  lasting  wood,  being  of  the  same  color  as  Bullet- 
tree.  The  Indians  and  small  woodcutters  dispose  of  a  good  deal 
of  it  to  the  sugar  estates.     Sp.  gr.  1.162. 

68.— KOORIKYE. 

This  tree  can  be  found  100  feet  in  height,  and  24  feet  in  diame- 
ter; it  is  generally  of  a  pale  red;  it  is  used  for  partitions,  roofing, 
and  flooring,  and  also  for  ship  spars  and  masts  in  small  vessels; 
when  seasoned  it  becomes  very  tough,  and  has  an  incense  gum  the 
same  as  Hiawa,     Sp.  gr.  .740. 

69.— MARI  CAZOORA. 

This  tree  grows  100  feet  in  length;  will  square  15  inches;  it  is 
a  firm  wood,  white. 

70.— SIKI  SIKI  DANNA. 

This  is  a  dark,  heavy  wood,  known  also  as  Iron  wood;  grows 
80  feet;  will  square  up  to  12  inches.     Sp.  gr.  .932. 

7'.— MORABUCQUIA. 

This  is  a  species  of  Mora  that  grows  on  high  lands,  100  feet  in 
height;  it  will  square  20  inches. 

72.—  M A RCIBALLI.     {Bignoma  leucaxylon .) 

This  wood  grows  on  the  high  clay  and  rocky  land,  about  80 
feet  in  height;  it  will  square  14  inches,  and  is  used  by  the 
Indians  for  house  building.     Sp.  gr.  .830. 

73— KOOKERITTE  BALLI. 

This  tree  for  80  feet  will  square  14  inches;  it  is  used  for 
framing  purposes. 

74.—  ASSAPAK  A. 

This  tree  grows  in  the  high  clay  and  rocky  land  to  a  height  of 
80  feet;  will  square  12  inches;  it  is  a  lasting  wood,  lighter  in 


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color  than  the  Bullet  tree,  and  has  a  fine  fruit  resembling  the  star 
apple  in  size  and  taste.     Sp.  gr.  .950. 

75.— BLACK  HEA.RT. 

This  tree  grows  in  light  sandy  soils,  and  among  Wallaba. 
This  specimen  was  100  feet,  and  squares  10  inches  in  length  of 
log;  it  is  one  of  the  most  lasting  woods. 

70.  -KANOOKA  BALLI. 

This  tree  grows  to  a  height  of  90  feet;  it  will  square  15  inches ; 
the  bark  is  very  astringent.     Sp.gr.  1.029. 

77. —  SNAKE  NUT.     {Ophiocaryon  paradoxum) 

This  tree  grows  50  feet  in  height;  the  tacuba  is  dark,  resem- 
bling rosewood,  and  lasting.  The  seeds  of  this  tree  are  remarka- 
ble, being  in  form  very  like  a  young  snake;  specimens  will  be 
found  among  the  collection  of  seeds.     Sp.  gr.  .740. 

78.— MOORA  BALL!. 

This  tree  grows  on  the  light  and  sandy  lands,  80  feet  in  height; 
it  will  square  16  inches;  the  tacuba  is  dark  red,  and  used  for 
frame  work.     Sp.  gr.  1.128. 

79.— K  ART  ABACK  KOOKI. 

This  tree  grows  on  the  light  and  sandy  lands,  90  feet  in  height; 
will  square  20  inches;  a  heavy,  close-grained  yellow  wood. 

80.—  YAROORO. 

This  tree  grows  over  100  feet  in  height  and  30  inches  in 
diameter,  like  a  bundle  of  trees  stuck  together.  It  is  one  of  the 
most  useful  trees;  from  it  the  Indian  obtains  his  paddle,  ax- 
handle,  oar-blade,  etc. 

81.— BARADANNA. 

This  tree  is  one  of  the  Cirouballi  species;  it  grows  to  100  feet 
ill  height  and  8  feet  diameter.  It  is  one  of  our  best  trees  for 
purposes  such  as  roofing,  partitions,  furniture,  etc.  The  wood 
ants  do  not  eat  it. 

82.— BARAKARA. 

This  tree  grows  on  light,  sandy  soil  in  the  Wallaba  bush;  it  is 
about  90  feet  in  height,  and  can  be  got  to  square  24  inches. 
Sp.  gr.  .746. 

83.— ITIKIBOORO. 

This  tree  is  about  70  feet  in  height;  will  square  up  to  20  inches; 
it  is  a  light  white  wood;  will  suit  for  lining  drawers,  and  other- 
wise for  furniture. 


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84.— KOOLA  BALLI. 

This  tree  i^rows  on  the  sandy  lands  in  Wallaba  bush,  about  90 
feet  in  height;  will  square  16  inches.  It  is  a  black,  heavy  wood, 
and  lasting.     Sp.  gr.  .830. 

85.—  KYEARIMMA. 

This  tree  grows  about  60  feet  in  height;  will  square  14  inches; 
of  a  pink-colored  tacuba.  It  is  found  in  the  Wallaba  bush  in 
sandy  lands,  and  also  on  light  and  rocky  land.     Sp.  gr.  .960. 

86.— KOKATARRA. 

This  tree  is  about  80  feet,  and  will  square  up  to  24  inches.  It 
is  a  close-grained,  tough  wood,  called  plain  handle  wood.  Sp. 
gr.  .667. 

87.— YAKOORO  CIROUBALLI. 

This  tree  grows  in  the  Wallaba  bush ;  is  of  the  same  use  as  the 
other  Cirouballies.     Sp.  gr.  .720. 

88.—  KANOOKA. 

This  wood  is  about  70  feet  in  height;  will  square  12  inches. 
The  tacuba  resembles  rosewood. 

89.—  KOKITERIE. 

This  tree  grows  on  the  islands  near  the  banks,  and  along 
riversides;  it  is  about  70  feet  in  height;  it  will  square  in  short 
lengths  about  10  inches.  It  is  a  hard,  heavy,  and  tough  wood, 
considered  one  of  the  best  limbers  for  knees  in  ship-building; 
one  tree  will  sometimes  give  over  a  dozen  knees  with  breast 
hooks.  The  bark  is  very  astringent,  and  is  used  for  the  cure  of 
dysentery.  This  is  the  bark  in  use  at  H.  M.  P.  settlement  for 
tanning. 

90.— SUBILEROEBALLI. 

This  tree  is  about  70  feet  in  height,  and  will  square  12  inches. 
A  heavy,  hard,  close-grained  wood.  i 

91.— EUERIBALLI. 

This  tree  is  in  height  about  80  feet,  and  will  square  18  inches; 
grows  on  the  low  clay  land  in  the  Mora  bush;  one  of  the  best 
furniture  woods,  and  much  asked  for  by  the  cabinet-makers. 
Sp.  gr.  .744. 

92.— HITCHIA. 

This  tree  is  about  80  feet  in  height,  and  will  square  14  inches. 
Sp.  gr.  .830. 


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93— WARIMA. 

This  tree  is  about  70  feet  in  height,  and  will  square  14  inches 
it  is  used  for  boarding  uses. 

94.— HOORIHEA. 

This  tree  is  about  80  feet  in  height,  and  will  square  14  inches; 
a  good  lasting  wood  of  the  Bullet  species,  and  much  used  for 
house  frames,  tacuba  posts,  etc. 

95— KARKARWA. 

96.— SACKA,  Purple  Heart. 

This  tree  grows  on  the  wiiite  sand  hills,  about  90  feet  in  hei.u:ht; 
will  square  16  inches;  is  more  close-grained  and  deeper  in  color 
than  the  Kooboorilli  that  grows  on  clay  and  rocky  land.  Sp. 
gr.  .827. 

97.— KREEKA. 

This  was  one  of  the  woods  used  in  the  colony  at  one  time 
for  headings  for  sugar  hogsheads,  etc. 

98.— SARIBEBE. 

This  tree  grows  on  the  sides  of  the  rivers  and  creeks;  it  is  a 
species  of  wallaba  without  the  oil. 

99.— GORILLA  or  BLOOD  WOOD. 

This  tree  grows  70  feet  in  height,  and  will  square  14  inches; 
a  useful  wood  for  partitions,  back  and  insides  of  furniture. 

100.— HOOROWASSA. 

This  tree  is  about  70  feet  in  height,  and  will  square  up  to  24 
inches. 

101.— MACKRA8ALLI. 

This  wood  is  a  good  furniture  wood;  the  tree  grows  80  feet  in 
height;  it  will  square  16  inches.  Found  on  the  high  clay  and 
rocky  land. 


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GROUP    19.— CLASS   99. 

Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

338.  Logs  of  26  squared  commercial  limbers,  20  feet  long  aud 

from  14  to  30  inches  in  width  —  arranged  to  form  a 
pavilion. 

a.  Mora.    Sayu,    Biilletwood,    Siki-siki  danna,  Waiba'ma, 

Yellow  Greenlieart,  Wallaba,  Wamara,  Yellow  Ciroua- 
balli,  Crabwood,  Hackia,  Iloobooballi,  Purpleheart, 
Locust,  Souari,  Tonka,  Monkey  pot,  Black  Greenlieart, 
Pakoori,  Towaranero,  Kautaballi,  Yellow  Sanders, 
Moraballi,  Kakaralli,  Kabucalli,  aud  Crab's-eye. 

b.  Eta  Palm,   Tooroo,    Manico'e,   and    other    palm    logs, 

part  polished, 

c.  Set  of  L(  tterwood  (snakewood)  logs. 

339.  Eighty  seven  species  of  polished  woods  (147  samples),  as 

adapted  for  museum  purposes British  Guiana  Museum 

340.  Seventy-two  species  of  polished  woods  (76  samples),  for 

cabinet-making  and  furniture... Park  &  Cunningham 

341.  Thirty- two  species  of   polished  woods  (34  samples),  for 

furniture,  building  purposes,  etc M.  J.  Lopes 

342.  Eight  species  of  polished  woods,  chiefly  used  in  house- 

building   Werk-en-Rust  Steam  Sawing  Co. 

CLASS  100. 


343. 

Wallaba  Shingles. 

344. 

Venetian  Blind  of  Simarupa 

wood. 

345. 

Inlaid  Workbox. 

345. 

Inlaid  Tables  — two  varieties 

;. 

346. 

Inlaid  Table 

Mf^hlpr  Sr,  Do 

347. 

Series  of  panels,  each  of  five  woods  —  the  frame  being  of 

Crabwood,  the  molding  of 

Simarupa,  and  the  base  of 

Hoobooballi,  the    upper 

and   lower  panels  being  dif- 

ferent  in  each. 

Top  Panel.                                     Bottom  Panel. 

a.    Kabukalli. 

Redwood. 

b.   Euriballi. 

Bulletwood. 

c.    Wamara,  pale. 

Letterwood. 

d.    Hoobooballi,  Yellow. 

Ciroaballi. 

e.   Itikibooriballi,  dark. 

Purpleheart. 

f.    Kretti. 

Suradanni. 

g.    Sirouaballi,  brown. 

Wallaba. 

h.   Hiawaballi. 

Locust. 

i.     Dukalaballi. 

Mora. 

j.    Arrisowroo. 

Cedar,  Red. 

k.   Brown  Sirouaballi,  pale. 

Greenlieart. 

1.     Determa. 

Itikibooriballi,  pale. 

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GLASS  101. 

Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

Ornamental  Bookstand,  native  work,  from  native  woods. 
Letterwood  Portrait  Frames. 
Letterwood  Rulers. 
Letterwood  Paper-knives. 
Letterwood  Penholders. 

Letterwood  Canes,  highly  finished .Park  &  Cunningham 

Miscellaneous  Collection  of  Walking  Sticks. 

"Swizzle  Stick"  of  Yari-Yari,  used  in  preparing  *' Swizzles," 

or  Demerara  Cocktails. 
Cocoanut  Rulers. 
Cocoanut  Pedestal. 
Cocoanut  Ornamental  Cup  and  Cover. 

CLASS  106. —  Gums.  Rubbers,  Etc. 

Locust  Gum  {Ilymenoaa  courharil),  used  for  copal  varnish. 

Hiawa,  or  Incense  Gum  {Idea  Jieptaphylla) British  Guiana  Museum 

India  Rubber,  from  Ilevea  guianensis ...British  Guiana  Museum 

Whip  made  of  Ballata,  from  Mimusops  6a7«to. British  Guiana  Museum 

Ball  of  Ballata Jacob  Conrad 

Hiawa  Gum -  Jacob  Conrad 

Sheets  of  Ballata Garnett  &  Co. 

CLASS    107.— Miscellaneous   Seeds. 

a.  Troolie  Palm  Seed  {Manicaria  saccifera). 

b.  Acquero  Palm  Seed  {Astrocaryum  tucuma). 

c.  Cokerile  Palm  Seed  {Maximiliana  regia). 

d.  Monkey-pots  {Lecythis  of  several  species). 

e.  Greenheart  Seeds  Nectandra  rodim). 

f .  Crabwood  Seeds  (Carapa  guianensis). 

g.  Arrisovvroo  Seeds  ( Vatairea  guianensis). 
h.  Nicker  Seeds  {Ouilandina  honducella). 

i.   Tonka  Beans  and  Seeds  {Dipteryx  odorata). 

j.   Coral  Seeds  {Mimosa  sp.). 

k.   Black,  brown,  and  red  horse-eyes  {Mucuna  sp.). 

1.   Goat-eyes, 
m.   Baracara  Seeds  {Onnosia  coccinea). 
n.   Crab's-eyes  {Abrus  precatorius). 
o.   Job's  Tears  {Coix  lachryma). 
p.   Cassia  Seeds, 
q.    Castor-oil  Seeds  {Riciaus  comnmiiis). 

r.    Mora  Seeds  {Mora  excelsa). 

Sand-box  Seeds  {Flura  crepitans)  loaded  with  lead  and  used  as  paper- 
weights. 


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Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

368.  Plain,  painted,  and  carved  Calabashes  {Grescentia  cujete). 

369.  Troolie  Palm  Caps  —  the  spathe  of  Manicaria  aaccifera. 

870.   Cassia  Seeds Miss  Playter 

371.  Ornamental  Seeds,  three  varieties _ Jacob  Conrad 

372.  Castor-oil  Seeds Jacob  Conrad 

373.  Grains  of  Paradise  (Guinea  Pepper  Seeds) Jacob  Conrad 

CLASS  108.—  Medicinal  Barks,  Etc. 

874.   Hubudie  Bark,  astringent  tanning  bark,  decoction  used 
for  throat  affections  (gargle),  and  in  dysentery. 

375.  Mora,  astringent  decoction  largely  used  for  dysentery. 

376.  Mangrove,  astringent,  used  for  tanning. 

377.  Crabwood,  astringent,  used  in  dysentery. 

378.  Ituri  Wallaba,  astringent,  scraped  inner  bark  for  tooth- 

ache. 

379.  Wallaba,  astringent,  used  in  dysentery. 

380.  Hyawa,  decoction  used  as  an  emetic. 

381.  Trysil,  decoction  used  as  an  emetic,  and  in  dysentery. 
382    Korabally,  decoction  used  as  an  emetic. 

383.  Hyriabally,  decoction  used  as  an  emetic. 

384.  Kakarua,  decoction  used  in  ulcers. 

385.  Wamara,  decoction  used  in  ulcers. 

386.  Devildore,  a  remedy  for  impotency. 

387.  Tawaronero,  decoction  used  as  a  bath  in  small-pox. 

388.  Simarupa,  decoction  used  for  colic  and  for  dysentery. 

389.  Cowyou-cowyou,  decoction  used  for  snake-bites. 

390.  White  Cedar,  decoction  used  for  syphilis. 

391.  Ekanna,  decoction  used  for  whooping-cough. 

392.  Bouiari,  a  good  stomachic  bitter  —  remedy  for  dyspepsia. 

393.  Greenheart,  tonic  and  febrifuge  —  due  to  the  presence  of 

bibeerine,  a  quinine  substitute. 

394.  Assara,  or  Aiisara  —  inner  bark  and  seeds,  scraped,  for 

ringworm  and  itch. 

395.  Kumara. 

396.  Yari-yari. 

397.  Efc>ek. 

398.  Sereba,  decoction  used  for  fevers. 

399.  Sarsaparilla  Root. 

400.  Wild  Ipecacuanha  Seeds,  Root,  and  Cotton  (the  root  is 

used  as  an  emetic). C.  A.  Scott 

CLASSES    110  and    111, 

401.  Large  Vat,  600  gallons  capacity,  of  wallaba  wood,  with. 

greenheart  bottom. 

402.  Tubs  and  Pails  of  wallaba  wood,  four  varieties. 


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Exhibit.  Exhibitor. 

403.  Clothes'  Basket. 

404.  I^est  of  Creole  Baskets. 

CLASS  113. 

405.  Logs  of  Buttress  Wood,  to  illustrate  peculiarity  of  forest 

growth, 

406.  Hollow  Log,  for  the  same  purpose. 

407.  Climbing  Stems  of  several  varieties,  the  larger  commonly 

known  by  the  name  of  monkey-ladder. 

408.  Abnormal  Growth  of  Stems .Leon  Sedon 

CLASS   117. 

409.  Model  of  Floating  Punt,  for  transportation  of  hardwood 

down  the  rivers. 

410.  Block  Charcoal,  as  burnt  in  logs  by  the  Chinese John  Cheong 

411.  Model  of  Kiln  for  burning  charcoal  in  logs John  Cheong 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

412.  Rice-husking   Machine,  native John  Cheong 

413.  Coolie  Tadja,  used  in  the  great  Mohammedan  Festival. 


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